Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

American Trust Company

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 13, 2024

Filed

Jan 2, 2025

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected

54state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for American Trust Company →2 incidents on file

American Trust Company reported a phishing incident affecting 54 Maine residents. Unauthorized access to email occurred between Aug 8-13, 2024; discovered Aug 13, 2024. Names were exposed. Notification sent Jan 2, 2025, with 12 months of credit monitoring offered.

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Maine clockDiscovered Aug 13, 2024 → Filed with AG Jan 2, 2025142d ✗ ME AG >90d20 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 5 days

discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 142 days

Aug 8, 2024

Begins

Aug 13, 2024

Discovered

Jan 2, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+11 wks slower

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Nebraska State AGbd_38d2f65d098bb14c2025-01-02Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_86cf6657edd266fe2025-01-02Verified
Vermont State AGbd_ca6b8a9f4340b8b32025-01-02Verified
Washington State AGbd_d444b726115399bc2025-01-02Verified

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California State AGbd_dbf1280fe84a4fa02025-01-02Verified
Indiana State AGbd_e428feb5486279e12025-01-02Verified

Name: American Trust Company
norm: american trust

Name: American Trust Company
norm: american trust
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 13, 2024
Breach occurred: Aug 8, 2024 – Aug 13, 2024
Undetected for: 5 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 2, 2025
Affected individuals: 54state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure the email tenant
Assessed the security of the email environment
Investigated the activity
Notified potentially impacted parties
Provided resources to impacted parties
Offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring through Experian IdentityWorks
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing existing policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(142 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 142dLeak >180dME resident >60d · 142d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Aug 13, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Jan 2, 2025
142d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Aug 13, 2024
→ Notified: Jan 2, 2025
142d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Aug 13, 2024 → Filed with AG: Jan 2, 2025	142d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Aug 13, 2024 → Notified: Jan 2, 2025	142d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Nebraska State AGJan 2 · first

Massachusetts State AGJan 2 · first

Vermont State AGJan 2 · first

Washington State AGJan 2 · first

California State AGJan 2 · first

Indiana State AGJan 2 · first

Maine State AGJan 2 · 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/d9dd26cb-0c7c-4bdf-9be0-887ae32dbb7a.html
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Filed at: Jan 2, 2025
Raw hash: 0a1c06c8d802593c3068a8c48a2db3fa81eb0b7215a410f820c480c8a6860d92

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAmerican Trust Company

Victim entityAmerican Trust Company

Incidentdiscovered Aug 13, 2024

Stated responseTook steps to secure the email tenant

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov