HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

Archie Cochrane Ford

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 11, 2024

Filed

Feb 27, 2025

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Archie Cochrane Ford →

Archie Cochrane Motors detected an unauthorized third-party attempt to access its network on December 11, 2024. The incident potentially exposed consumers' names, mailing addresses, and Social Security Numbers. The investigation is ongoing. The company secured its network, engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement and credit bureaus, and is offering 12 months of credit monitoring and fraud assistance to affected individuals.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday11 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 78 days

Dec 11, 2024

Discovered

Feb 27, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteakirabd_826d039ce587b8342024-12-11 · +78dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Nebraska State AGbd_921f58d4e4cdd3602025-02-27Verified

Name: Archie Cochrane Ford
norm: archie cochrane ford
Domain: billingsford.com

Name: Archie Cochrane Ford
norm: archie cochrane ford
Domain: billingsford.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Dec 11, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 27, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unknown
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the FBI and other relevant law enforcement agencies

During the incident: Moved quickly to secure its network
Launched an investigation
Engaged independent IT security and forensic investigators
Engaged external cybersecurity experts
Notified the FBI and other relevant law enforcement agencies
Notified Equifax, Experian and Transunion
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards and enhanced security measures
Reviewed and taken steps to enhance its policies and procedures relating to the security of its systems
Enhanced its information life cycle management
Providing access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge for twelve months
Providing proactive fraud assistance
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 bdayLeak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Nebraska State AGFeb 27 · first

Vermont State AGFeb 27 · 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-02-27-archie-cochrane-motors-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 27, 2025
Raw hash: b69b0cc18ea4a5e5f25a4e4428e2a843316ee25510b572d79ce42e3c69584579

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityArchie Cochrane Ford

Victim entityArchie Cochrane Ford

Incidentdiscovered Dec 11, 2024

Stated responseMoved quickly to secure its network

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov