DisclosureLens
HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMediumResolved

Certified Automotive Lease Corp.

bd_376b3d3dc0de5ba4 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 18, 2021

Filed

Oct 29, 2021

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected · nationwide

68,83724 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Certified Automotive Lease Corp. →

Certified Automotive Lease Corp. dba CAL Automotive experienced an external system breach on September 18, 2021, affecting 68,837 individuals. The compromised data included names and financial account or credit/debit card numbers along with their access codes. The company began notifying affected individuals on October 26, 2021, and offered identity theft protection and credit monitoring services.

Maine clockDiscovered Sep 18, 2021 → Filed with AG Oct 29, 202141d ⏱ ME AG >30d6 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 41 days

Sep 18, 2021

Begins

Sep 18, 2021

Discovered

Oct 29, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGOct 26 · first
Massachusetts State AG+2d
Montana State AG+3d
Maine State AG+3d · 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.