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Penny Publications

akira

This record tracks a ransomware attack claimed by the akira group against Penny Publications. It collects the publicly disclosed attack details — sector, location and timeline — as published on the operator's leak site and indexed by Breach House.

Window Zero

EXPOSURE GAP

Window Zero is the time the breach stayed in the open before anyone said so — the gap between when the attack was first discovered on the operator's leak site (t1) and when it was publicly disclosed (t2). The wider this window, the longer victims, staff and customers were exposed with no warning.

1104days open
t1 · Published t2 · Pending
Aug 28, 2023Not disclosed yet
Country
Business Category
Public Sector
Employees
0-50
Discovered
2023-08-28
Published
August 28, 2023
Disclosed / Notified
Not disclosed yet
Victim ID
T4uh5e0K6jul

Attack Summary

Penny Publications is recognized as North America’s leading puzzle magazine company and is dedicated to providing family-friendly puzzle entertainment of unsurpassed quality. We will make Penny Publications a bit more recognizable for people and upload the data we've taken from this company. 100 Gb will be available for downloading soon. Employee information, confidential documents and financial files can be found in the data as always.

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Dark Web Exposure

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