HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

TV Guide Magazine

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 23, 2024

Filed

May 15, 2025

To disclose

29 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 records

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for TV Guide Magazine →

TV Guide Magazine, LLC notified consumers of a data breach where unauthorized access occurred between October 20-23, 2024. Files were taken from the network, affecting names and other data elements. The company secured its network, investigated, reported to law enforcement, and offered Equifax credit monitoring services.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday29 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.

Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 29 weeks / 204 days

Oct 20, 2024

Begins

Oct 23, 2024

Discovered

May 15, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+20 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by play about this victim was first seen 201 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteplaybd_734b07640bc320802024-10-26 · +200dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_298e2049bfbe4b1b2025-05-15Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_439a2e9f9fd657da2025-05-15Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_fa4712e48e572f0e2025-05-15Verified

Name: TV Guide Magazine
norm: tv guide magazine
Domain: tvguidemagazine.com

Name: TV Guide Magazine
norm: tv guide magazine
Domain: tvguidemagazine.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Oct 23, 2024
Breach occurred: Oct 20, 2024 – Oct 23, 2024
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 15, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: reported this event to law enforcement

During the incident: Quickly took steps to secure our network
Launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the activity
Reported this event to law enforcement
Offering you immediate access to complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services for <<CM DURATION>> months at no cost to you, through Equifax
Changes made: Reviewing existing security policies
Implemented additional cybersecurity measures to further protect against similar events moving forward
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 weeks(204 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bdayLeak >180d
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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGMay 15 · first

New Hampshire State AGMay 15 · first

Massachusetts State AGMay 15 · first

Vermont State AGMay 15 · first · this page

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-05-15-tv-guide-magazine-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 15, 2025
Raw hash: 21f7be622d81f316a48dc75d291283400293314d22aeba77bd5a3f901e062237

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTV Guide Magazine

Victim entityTV Guide Magazine

Incidentdiscovered Oct 23, 2024

Stated responseQuickly took steps to secure our network

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov