MisuseRetail & ConsumerRetailPrivilege AbuseCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)HighContained

Avis Rent A Car System LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

Aug 5, 2024

Filed

Sep 5, 2024

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected · nationwide

299,006685 in this filing

Linked

11 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Avis Rent A Car System LLC →

Avis Rent A Car System LLC reported an insider wrongdoing incident where an unauthorized third party accessed a business application between August 3-6, 2024. The breach affected 299,006 individuals, including 685 Maine residents, involving names and personal identifiers. Notices were sent on September 5, 2024, offering 12 months of Equifax credit monitoring.

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Maine clockDiscovered Aug 5, 2024 → Filed with AG Sep 5, 202431d ⏱ ME AG >30d4 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 31 days

Aug 3, 2024

Begins

Aug 5, 2024

Discovered

Sep 5, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 11 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_622c1b5d48ecfb482024-09-05Verified
Vermont State AGbd_741f7f632983b1a62024-09-05Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_7c566134b64287162024-09-05Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_9cb28f8692c4f3e62024-09-05Verified

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Indiana State AGbd_a4b54be72343d7722024-09-05Verified
Oregon State AGbd_a7691d656072e5852024-09-05Verified
California State AGbd_c48d503b0f92f5812024-09-05Verified
Montana State AGbd_d497f1d07a2c2a552024-09-05Verified
Delaware State AGbd_f23bdac19fb734982024-09-05Verified
Illinois State AGbd_25847a1a097e0ca12024-09-01 · +4dVerified

Name: Avis Rent A Car System LLC
norm: avis rent a car system
Domain: avis.com

Name: Avis Rent A Car System LLC
norm: avis rent a car system
Domain: avis.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Aug 5, 2024
Breach occurred: Aug 3, 2024 – Aug 6, 2024
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 5, 2024
Affected individuals: 299,006state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified Maine Attorney General
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Took steps to end the unauthorized access
Began an investigation with assistance from cybersecurity experts
Alerted the relevant authorities
Changes made: Worked with cybersecurity experts to develop a plan to enhance security protections for the impacted business application
Taken steps to deploy and implement additional safeguards onto our systems
Actively reviewing our security monitoring and controls to enhance and fortify the same
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(31 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 31d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Aug 5, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Sep 5, 2024
31d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Aug 5, 2024 → Filed with AG: Sep 5, 2024	31d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 11 states

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Illinois State AGSep 1 · first

New Hampshire State AG+4d

Vermont State AG+4d

South Carolina State AG+4d

Massachusetts State AG+4d

Indiana State AG+4d

Oregon State AG+4d

California State AG+4d

Montana State AG+4d

Delaware State AG+4d

Maine State AG+4d · 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/ccfece24-0b9c-4251-a89b-0fd68ecbda12.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 5, 2024
Raw hash: 74df243db9284d338f6b76c68d68414cc79ca0f556e1f9cf97d82f9283e819ef

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAvis Rent A Car System LLC

Victim entityAvis Rent A Car System LLC

Incidentdiscovered Aug 5, 2024

Stated responseTook steps to end the unauthorized access

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov