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HackingInformationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMediumContained

American Metering Services (AMS)

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 11, 2022

Filed

Nov 11, 2022

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2,1443 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for American Metering Services (AMS) →

American Metering Services (AMS) experienced an external system breach between March 8, 2022, and October 11, 2022. The incident was discovered on October 11, 2022. The breach compromised names combined with financial account numbers or credit/debit card numbers and their associated security codes, affecting 3 Maine residents. Written notifications were sent to affected individuals on November 11, 2022.

Maine clockDiscovered Oct 11, 2022 → Filed with AG Nov 11, 202231d ⏱ ME AG >30d4 weeks 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 · 217 days
discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 31 days

Mar 8, 2022

Begins

Oct 11, 2022

Discovered

Nov 11, 2022

Filed

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 ↗
Massachusetts State AGNov 11 · first
Indiana State AGNov 11 · first
Maine State AGNov 11 · 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.