HackingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Area Wide Protective

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 30, 2021

Filed

May 10, 2022

To disclose

23 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Area Wide Protective →

Area Wide Protective notified customers of unauthorized access to employee email accounts discovered on November 30, 2021. The incident potentially exposed first and last names combined with other data elements. The company reset passwords, engaged forensic investigators, and offered credit monitoring. No evidence of misuse was found.

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California clockDiscovered Nov 30, 2021 → Notified May 9, 2022160d ✗ CA 60-day late23 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 23 weeks / 161 days

Nov 30, 2021

Begins

Nov 30, 2021

Discovered

May 10, 2022

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Area Wide Protective
norm: area wide protective

Name: Area Wide Protective
norm: area wide protective

Discovered: Nov 30, 2021
Breach occurred: Nov 30, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 9, 2022
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Performed a password reset for the affected accounts
Engaged a third-party team of forensic investigators
Investigated whether the affected email accounts contained individuals' personal information
Took steps to secure its systems and to enhance the security of its network
Changes made: Arranged for complimentary credit monitoring service for 12/24 months
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 weeks(161 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 160d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Nov 30, 2021
→ Notified: May 9, 2022
160d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Nov 30, 2021 → Notified: May 9, 2022	160d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-553258
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 10, 2022
Raw hash: bcd733ead7455959ecea2da36fff6abb6f6127896c482e3f51ddd329c6ba3bc0

Reporting entityArea Wide Protective

Victim entityArea Wide Protective

Incidentdiscovered Nov 30, 2021

Stated responsePerformed a password reset for the affected accounts

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov