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HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Financial accountAuthenticationLowContained

American College of Emergency Physicians

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 7, 2020

Filed

Nov 16, 2020

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

9state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

63%
Full breach record for American College of Emergency Physicians →4 incidents on file

American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) notified individuals of a data incident discovered on September 7, 2020. Unauthorized acquisition of payment card information (account number, expiration, CVV, name, address) occurred between May 21 and September 22, 2020. ACEP engaged forensic specialists, disabled transactions, rebuilt servers, and notified card brands. Notice was sent November 16, 2020.

Incident timeline

undetected · 109 days
discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 70 days

May 21, 2020

Begins

Sep 7, 2020

Discovered

Nov 16, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 filings 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 ↗
Montana State AGNov 16 · first · this page
Maine State AG+1d
Massachusetts State AG+1d
New Hampshire State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Nov 16 (MT), last Nov 23 (NH) — a 7-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.