HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)LowContained

American Public Works Association

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 19, 2020

Filed

Jul 17, 2020

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for American Public Works Association →

American Public Works Association notified customers of a data security incident in its online store. Unauthorized access between April 10 and May 20, 2020, potentially exposed payment card information (names, card numbers, expiration dates, security codes). APWA engaged forensic investigators, notified the FBI and payment card brands, and offered 12 months of identity theft protection services.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 39 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 59 days

Apr 10, 2020

Begins

May 19, 2020

Discovered

Jul 17, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

9 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

Indiana State AGbd_b1026224597fd90e2020-07-20 · +3dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_0a56609f968851b42020-07-22 · +5dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_7b4830eb24ba6c2a2020-07-22 · +5dVerified

Name: American Public Works Association
norm: american public works
Domain: apwa.net

Name: American Public Works Association
norm: american public works
Domain: apwa.net
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 19, 2020
Breach occurred: Apr 10, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 39 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 20, 2020
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Financial accountIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported the matter to the payment card brandsReported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Took immediate steps to secure our system and member information
Retained and worked with a leading forensics firm to investigate
Reported the matter to the payment card brands
Reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Changes made: Offering, at no cost to you, identity theft protection services through ID Experts
12 Months of CyberScan monitoring
$1 Million identity fraud loss reimbursement policy
Fully managed ID theft recovery services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(59 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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Montana State AGJul 17 · first · this page

Indiana State AG+3d

Massachusetts State AG+5d

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Jul 17 (MT), last Jul 22 (NH) — a 5-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/American-Public-Works-Association-Consumer-ltr.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 17, 2020
Raw hash: f31b0dae43b3e3a2f5361fedc38ed376b55be88f61a5ae48eaa7fa6ff61897fb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAmerican Public Works Association

Victim entityAmerican Public Works Association

Incidentdiscovered May 19, 2020

Stated responseTook immediate steps to secure our system and member information

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov