HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedTargetedPIIPHIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)LowContained

American Addiction Centers, Inc.

bd_2c351109ea5b1eb9 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 26, 2024

Filed

Dec 13, 2024

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

13 records

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for American Addiction Centers, Inc. →5 incidents on file

American Addiction Centers, Inc. (AAC) notified consumers of a cybersecurity incident occurring between September 23-26, 2024. An unauthorized party accessed systems and exfiltrated data, potentially including names, addresses, health information, and SSNs. AAC engaged third-party experts, notified law enforcement, contained the incident, and offered credit monitoring services.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday11 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 · 3 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 78 days

Sep 23, 2024

Begins

Sep 26, 2024

Discovered

Dec 13, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

This filing is one of 13 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_42be6e6e990f3ea52024-12-20 · +7dVerified
California State AGbd_11a91148574528322024-12-23 · +10dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_266ede66a8abf1682024-12-23 · +10dVerified
Maine State AGbd_9c951622ce1ae8772024-12-23 · +10dVerified

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Oregon State AGbd_b259e2076c28f1162024-12-23 · +10dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_f2aef419fe5637862024-12-23 · +10dVerified
Montana State AGbd_fbdedafb516e74172024-12-23 · +10dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_d58f78f6033011192024-12-24 · +11dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_7622c35d1e9e68802024-12-01 · +12dCandidate
HHS OCRbd_10443d8cd56b65452024-11-25 · +18dVerified

Showing first 10 of 12 linked disclosures.

Name: American Addiction Centers, Inc.
norm: american addiction centers
Domain: americanaddictioncenters.org

Name: American Addiction Centers, Inc.
norm: american addiction centers
Domain: americanaddictioncenters.org
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Sep 26, 2024
Breach occurred: Sep 23, 2024 – Sep 26, 2024
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 13, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIPHIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement and is cooperating with their investigation
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged leading third-party cybersecurity experts to assist
Notified law enforcement
Swiftly contained the incident
Implemented and is continuing to implement additional security protocols
Offering Single Bureau Credit Monitoring, Single Bureau Credit Report, and Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing proactive fraud assistance through Cyberscout
Changes made: Implemented and is continuing to implement additional security protocols designed to enhance the security of its IT system environments
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(78 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 11 states

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HHS OCRNov 25 · first

Illinois State AG+6d

Vermont State AG+18d · this page

Washington State AG+25d

California State AG+28d

Indiana State AG+28d

Maine State AG+28d

Oregon State AG+28d

New Hampshire State AG+28d

Montana State AG+28d

Massachusetts State AG+29d

Pattern: first filing Nov 25 (TN), last Dec 24 (MA) — a 29-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 12 — the full spread may be wider.

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-12-13-american-addiction-centers-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 13, 2024
Raw hash: 7a119727d304b994b42bc93129a97d830892175ccc11c2a361f7f48f8aacf358

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAmerican Addiction Centers, Inc.

Victim entityAmerican Addiction Centers, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 26, 2024

Stated responseEngaged leading third-party cybersecurity experts to assist

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov