HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 25, 2023

Filed

Apr 24, 2024

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Asbury Automotive Group detected unauthorized access to file servers on December 25, 2023. An external actor accessed systems and acquired files containing names and potentially Social Security numbers. The company engaged a cybersecurity firm, notified law enforcement, and contained the incident. Affected individuals were offered one year of identity monitoring.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday17 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 121 days

Dec 25, 2023

Begins

Dec 25, 2023

Discovered

Apr 24, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+10 wks slower

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitecactusbd_61315dea1c4d6b6d2024-01-12 · +102dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_128bda9c925acce52024-04-24Candidate
Montana State AGbd_1f650bcc4c18cb842024-04-24Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_2f4692a880bce6542024-04-24Verified
Indiana State AGbd_92252072357742dd2024-04-24Verified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_ea73e323df49c9f52024-04-24Verified

Name: Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.
norm: asbury automotive
Domain: asburyauto.com

Name: Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.
norm: asbury automotive
Domain: asburyauto.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Dec 25, 2023
Breach occurred: Dec 25, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Implemented our incident response plan
Took steps to contain the activity
Launched an investigation
Engaged a cybersecurity firm
Notified law enforcement
Conducted a thorough review of the involved files
Arranged for complimentary identity monitoring services through Identity Defense
Changes made: Taken steps to enhance our existing security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 weeks(121 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bdayLeak >90d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Maine State AGApr 24 · first

Montana State AGApr 24 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 24 · first

Indiana State AGApr 24 · first

Massachusetts State AGApr 24 · first

Vermont State AGApr 24 · first · this page

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-04-24-asbury-automotive-group-data-breach-notice-consumer
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 24, 2024
Raw hash: 64dfaf13bfcf7223e0f01e6c091d876a84c570527e8d9a7aae92bdd5ba53e83c

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAsbury Automotive Group, Inc.

Victim entityAsbury Automotive Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 25, 2023

Stated responseImplemented our incident response plan

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov