HackingManufacturingManufacturingTargetedGovernment IDPIIMediumContained

American Construction Corp

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 4, 2024

Filed

Dec 10, 2024

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1105 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for American Construction Corp →

American Construction Corp reported an external system breach (hacking) on September 4, 2024, affecting 110 individuals, including 5 Maine residents. The incident involved unauthorized access to data containing Social Security Numbers. The company engaged digital forensics experts, notified the FBI, and offered 24 months of identity theft protection services to affected individuals.

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Maine clockDiscovered Sep 4, 2024 → Filed with AG Dec 10, 202497d ✗ ME AG >90d14 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

Sep 4, 2024

Begins

Dec 10, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_254eefbdefa2dd812024-12-10Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_a94993551e986a712024-12-10Verified

Name: American Construction Corp
norm: american construction

Name: American Construction Corp
norm: american construction
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Sep 4, 2024
Breach occurred: Sep 4, 2024 – Sep 4, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 8, 2024
Affected individuals: 110state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDPII
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged digital forensics experts
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Changes made: Offering 24 months of credit and CyberScan monitoring
Providing $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy
Providing fully managed id theft recovery services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(97 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 97dME resident >60d · 65d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Sep 4, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Dec 10, 2024
97d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Sep 4, 2024
→ Notified: Nov 8, 2024
65d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Sep 4, 2024 → Filed with AG: Dec 10, 2024	97d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Sep 4, 2024 → Notified: Nov 8, 2024	65d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗

New Hampshire State AGDec 10 · first

Massachusetts State AGDec 10 · first

Maine State AGDec 10 · 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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/f6e1b895-cada-41bc-84b3-cc1b7b2148a1.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 10, 2024
Raw hash: 680b7f02076c8ebbf2ebd24891ac564c6287e87ee2180395e2d4dfe4df4bb716

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAmerican Construction Corp

Victim entityAmerican Construction Corp

Incidentdiscovered Sep 4, 2024

Stated responseEngaged digital forensics experts

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov