MisuseOtherPrivilege AbuseEmployee Data InvolvedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumActive

MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 15, 2015

Filed

May 20, 2015

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC. →

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (MAA) notified the NH AG of a data security event discovered on April 15, 2015. A former employee sold names, SSNs, driver's license numbers, bank account info, and addresses of residents/applicants to an undercover federal agent. 3 NH residents affected. MAA retained forensic experts, notified regulators, and offered 2 years of credit monitoring via Experian. Investigation ongoing.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 35 days

Apr 15, 2015

Discovered

May 20, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_dd2959f1fd5d73102015-05-26 · +6dVerified

Name: MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
norm: mid america apartment communities

Name: MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
norm: mid america apartment communities
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Apr 15, 2015
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 20, 2015
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: InternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney GeneralProviding written notice of this incident to other United States and international regulators as required by lawFully cooperating with federal law enforcement's investigation
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Retained forensics experts to confirm the nature of this incident and the full scope of affected individuals
Provided written notice of this incident to affected individuals
Offered access to two (2) free years of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian
Providing written notice of this incident to other United States and international regulators as required by law
Fully cooperating with federal law enforcement's investigation
Changes made: Taking steps to prevent the risk of similar future data incidents
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(35 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGMay 20 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing May 20 (NH), last May 26 (MA) — a 6-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/mid-america-apartment-20150520.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 20, 2015
Raw hash: 7e8924460c64fc6a1165d2a443d502edb3626258659a3dfb7bb6ef514e88ef4f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.

Victim entityMID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 15, 2015

Stated responseRetained forensics experts to confirm the nature of this incident and the full scope of affected individuals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov