HackingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

AAA Collections

bd_313e59a39e7c2f78 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 24, 2022

Filed

Nov 16, 2022

To disclose

23 days

Affected · nationwide

56,8488 in this filing

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

75%

Full breach record for AAA Collections →

An external system breach at AAA Collections, Inc. occurred between September 5, 2022, and September 7, 2022. The breach was discovered on October 24, 2022. The names and Social Security numbers of 8 Maine residents were compromised. Affected individuals were notified on November 16, 2022, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX.

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Maine clockDiscovered Oct 24, 2022 → Filed with AG Nov 16, 202223d ✓ ME AG ≤30d23 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 · 49 days

discovery → filing · 23 days

Sep 5, 2022

Begins

Oct 24, 2022

Discovered

Nov 16, 2022

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_1702940db03391382022-11-16Verified
Indiana State AGbd_7b2b39c9ae0e7b7a2022-11-16Verified
Montana State AGbd_eb5c4f506d1e87ab2022-11-16Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_8b08de040f3a35022022-11-21 · +5dVerified

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 29d gap

Montana State AGbd_dc155d9622c967522022-12-15 · +29dVerified
HHS OCRbd_e26b84e2536107ce2022-12-15 · +29dVerified

Name: AAA Collections
norm: aaa collections

Name: AAA Collections
norm: aaa collections

Discovered: Oct 24, 2022
Breach occurred: Sep 5, 2022 – Sep 7, 2022
Undetected for: 49 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 16, 2022
Affected individuals: 56,848state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

Changes made: 12 Months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services offered by IDX.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 days(23 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 23d
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: Oct 24, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Nov 16, 2022
23d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Oct 24, 2022 → Filed with AG: Nov 16, 2022	23d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗

Massachusetts State AGNov 16 · first

Indiana State AGNov 16 · first

Montana State AGNov 16 · first

Maine State AGNov 16 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Montana State AG+29d

HHS OCR+29d

Pattern: first filing Nov 16 (MA), last Dec 15 (SD) — a 29-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/b853362c-e2c9-45be-ba1e-d91bf2610e29.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 16, 2022
Raw hash: 793f2423050df7d56a44459787d19b9dab3c0cc4e14bc670240c9019f7f1ce10

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAAA Collections

Victim entityAAA Collections

Incidentdiscovered Oct 24, 2022

Stated response12 Months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services offered by IDX.

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov