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Leak SiteSEC 8-KState AGConfirmed14 filings · 11 statesLifecycle stage 2 of 3: ConfirmedUnverified claimConfirmedEnforcedqilinhigh sensitivity
Merged incident · 14 filings

Lee Enterprises, Incorporated — February 2025 breach

Clustered 14 filings across 12 jurisdictions · filing window Feb 3, 2025 Jun 5, 2025. View entity profile → Other incidents for this victim →

Determination

Confirmed

Members

14 filings

States

11

Affected · reported

39,779

First → last filing

Feb 3, 2025 Jun 5, 2025

Merge confidence

100%

incident inc_8a2ed1f527e94d0b · merged by deterministic · confidence 100%

Confirmed breach. Merged as one breach: 12 regulatory filings and 2 unverified claims. Intrusion Feb 1, 2025–Feb 3, 2025, discovered Feb 3, 2025 — the first regulatory filing landed 15 days later (flagged late). 39,779 individuals reported across the linked filings. Data reported: Government ID, Health (basic), PII, and 1 more. Notifications rolled out on a 122-day schedule across 12 filings beginning Feb 3, 2025. Each member filing remains the legal record for its jurisdiction.

Litigation Timing

Supplemental
Notification delay
15days

Discovered → first regulatory filing

Discovery variance
114days

Range of discovered_at dates across filings

Leak precedence
15days before filing

Days between the first leak-site claim and the first regulatory filing. Positive = the claim came first (public exposure before disclosure). Negative = the claim trailed the filing, so there was no pre-disclosure leak. Counts regulatory filings only — press coverage is not a regulatory disclosure.

Materiality delta
9days

Discovery to SEC materiality determination

SEC filing delay
6days

Materiality determination to SEC 8-K filing

Filing span
122days

Time between earliest and latest filing

Regulatory clocksSEC SEC 4-day late · 20dMaine ME AG >90d · 120dVermont VT AG >45 bdayCalifornia CA 60-day late · 120dLeak gap Leak >90dFull clock table in Litigation Timeline

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