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HackingCustomer Data InvolvedPIILowResolved

Motor Trend Group LLC

bd_1c2497c8a65a72cc · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 16, 2021

Filed

Jul 30, 2021

To disclose

14 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

75%
Full breach record for Motor Trend Group LLC →2 incidents on file

Motor Trend Group LLC reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General, indicating that an external system breach (hacking) occurred between June 19, 2021, and June 20, 2021. The breach was discovered on July 16, 2021. While the number of affected individuals was not specified, the company offered approximately one year of identity theft protection services through Identity Theft Guard Solutions, Inc. (IDX).

Maine clockDiscovered Jul 16, 2021 → Filed with AG Jul 30, 202114d ✓ ME AG ≤30d14 days 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 · 27 days
discovery → filing · 14 days

Jun 19, 2021

Begins

Jul 16, 2021

Discovered

Jul 30, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
California State AGJul 29 · first
Washington State AG+1d
Delaware State AG+1d
Maine State AG+1d · this page
Oregon State AG+4d

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.