HackingData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIPCIIDENTITY_BASICFINANCIAL_ACCOUNTFINANCIAL_CREDENTIALSMediumContained
The Philadelphia Inquirer, PBC
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Full breach record for The Philadelphia Inquirer, PBC →The Philadelphia Inquirer, a media organization, experienced an external system breach on May 11, 2023, discovered on February 8, 2024. The incident affected 25,549 individuals, compromising names and financial account or credit/debit card numbers along with their security codes or PINs. Affected individuals were notified in writing starting April 29, 2024, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian.
Maine clockDiscovered Feb 8, 2024 → Filed with AG Apr 29, 202481d ⏱ ME AG >30d12 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed25,549 affectedView incident
Source provenance
- Source URL
- https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/f07aadc1-ab81-4189-8f92-a3606d0b4a2e.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
- Filed at
- Apr 29, 2024
- Raw hash
- c8afe41f25d727833b3afa9db64a9717bb36fda39092c3867245e30849b38f6c
Reporting entity
- Name
- The Philadelphia Inquirer, PBCnorm: the philadelphia inquirer pbc
Victim entity
- Name
- The Philadelphia Inquirer, PBCnorm: the philadelphia inquirer pbc
Incident
- Discovered
- Feb 8, 2024
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- Apr 29, 2024
- Affected individuals
- 25,549
- Data types
- PIIPCIIDENTITY_BASICFINANCIAL_ACCOUNTFINANCIAL_CREDENTIALS
- Attack vector
- Unauthorized Access
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
- Threat actor
- External
Compliance
- Time to disclose
- 12 weeks(81 days from discovery to filing)
- Compliance flags
- ME AG >30d · 81dME resident >60d · 81d
- Discovery-date grounding
- unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
- Clock breakdown
Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status Maine Discovered: Feb 8, 2024→ Filed with AG: Apr 29, 202481d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d Maine Discovered: Feb 8, 2024→ Notified: Apr 29, 202481d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.