MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareData EncryptedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

American Pool Enterprises Inc.

bd_06c046418c284784 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 1, 2021

Filed

Sep 27, 2021

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

American Pool Enterprises Inc. notified Montana residents of a security incident discovered on August 1, 2021, where unauthorized access to files on certain servers occurred, likely involving ransomware. Impacted data included names, addresses, and Social Security numbers. The company engaged forensic specialists, secured systems, and offered one year of complimentary identity monitoring via Kroll.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 57 days

Aug 1, 2021

Discovered

Sep 27, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Delaware State AGbd_5ecc0aa1a6886d242021-09-27Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_18a6c751c321e0922021-09-30 · +3dVerified

Name: American Pool Enterprises Inc.
norm: american pool enterprises
Domain: poolmanufacturers.com

Name: American Pool Enterprises Inc.
norm: american pool enterprises
Domain: poolmanufacturers.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Aug 1, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 25, 2021
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Launched an investigation into the incident, with the assistance of third-party computer forensic specialists
Took steps to secure our systems
Implemented additional security measures
Reviewing and enhancing existing policies and procedures
Providing you with access to complimentary identity monitoring services through Kroll for one year
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures
Reviewing and enhancing existing policies and procedures to reduce the likelihood of a similar future event
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(57 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Delaware State AGSep 27 · first

Montana State AGSep 27 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+3d

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Data-Breach-Notification-6.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 27, 2021
Raw hash: 6f36eb58ff0a3a6b6a80e87c60f8f377fe28d4583faf16d0001f9f06ef29aa73

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAmerican Pool Enterprises Inc.

Victim entityAmerican Pool Enterprises Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 1, 2021

Stated responseLaunched an investigation into the incident, with the assistance of third-party computer forensic specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov