AccidentalOtherMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

American Paint Horse Association

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 1, 2023

Filed

Mar 31, 2023

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for American Paint Horse Association →

American Paint Horse Association notified Montana residents that on Feb 27, 2023, 1099-Misc forms containing names, addresses, and SSNs were mailed. On Mar 1, 2023, the Association discovered SSNs may have been inadvertently viewable through the envelope's address window during the mailing process. No misuse was suspected. The Association offered 12 months of free credit monitoring and fraud assistance via Cyberscout/Identity Force.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Feb 27, 2023

Begins

Mar 1, 2023

Discovered

Mar 31, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_6bb38d083a0b05022023-03-31Verified
Maine State AGbd_dd78435bfe84a7772023-03-31Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_d6caffacd2c9165e2023-04-03 · +3dVerified

Name: American Paint Horse Association
norm: american paint horse
Domain: apha.com

Name: American Paint Horse Association
norm: american paint horse
Domain: apha.com
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Mar 1, 2023
Breach occurred: Feb 27, 2023
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 31, 2023
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1535 Unused/Unsupported Cloud Storage

During the incident: Providing access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge for 12 months
Providing proactive fraud assistance through Identity Force
Established a help line available for 90 days from the date of the letter
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGMar 31 · first

Maine State AGMar 31 · first

Montana State AGMar 31 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+3d

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-155.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 31, 2023
Raw hash: 22438699db3dda4ef0f0ea7f5f8c318ea8719e2254eb09bc0c972863d98557d4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAmerican Paint Horse Association

Victim entityAmerican Paint Horse Association

Incidentdiscovered Mar 1, 2023

Stated responseProviding access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge for 12 months

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov