Encounter for Culture & Education
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Full breach record for Encounter for Culture & Education →Encounter for Culture and Education, Inc., a non-profit book publisher, reported unauthorized access to two employee email accounts on September 4, 2024. The incident affected approximately one New Hampshire resident. The organization secured the accounts and launched an investigation with outside cybersecurity professionals. The investigation concluded on June 10, 2025, revealing that certain files may have been accessed or acquired. Affected individuals whose Social Security numbers were involved were offered one year of complimentary credit monitoring.
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Incident timeline
Sep 4, 2024
Begins
Sep 4, 2024
Discovered
Jul 28, 2025
Filed
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Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap
- Massachusetts State AGbd_eb34b7b4f14e4b522025-07-28Verified
- Vermont State AGbd_511702173ddea95e2025-07-23 · +5dCandidate
- Indiana State AGbd_7e7e993242f8df7c2025-07-23 · +5dVerified
Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states
View merged incident ↗Pattern: first filing Jul 23 (VT), last Jul 28 (NH) — a 5-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?
Evidence ladder
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