HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Auto Auction of New England

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 10, 2026

Filed

Apr 22, 2026

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

63state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Auto Auction of New England →

Auto Auction of New England, Inc. notified the NH Attorney General of a data event where an unauthorized individual copied personal information. The company became aware of unusual activity on February 10, 2026. The incident affected 63 New Hampshire residents and 3 Rhode Island residents, exposing names, Social Security numbers, driver's license/state ID numbers, passport numbers, and other government IDs. The company engaged forensic investigators and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d10 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 71 days

Feb 10, 2026

Discovered

Apr 22, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by play about this victim predates this filing by 71 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteplaybd_d70455f364b446242026-02-10 · +71dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_ab072706bbfe47292026-04-22Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_ef1c31d3a38f62312026-04-01 · +21dCandidate

Name: Auto Auction of New England
norm: auto auction of new england
Domain: aane.com

Name: Auto Auction of New England
norm: auto auction of new england
Domain: aane.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Feb 10, 2026
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 22, 2026
Affected individuals: 63state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office

During the incident: Retained legal counsel and third-party forensic specialists to investigate the unusual activity
Engaged a specialized cybersecurity firm to conduct a forensic investigation to determine the nature and scope of the Event
Began a comprehensive review of the data set to determine what sensitive and/or personal information was potentially impacted
Informed its law firm and began identifying the affected individuals in preparation for notice
Changes made: Offered at least 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through Cyberscout, a TransUnion company
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(71 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30d
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 · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGApr 1 · first

Maine State AG+21d

New Hampshire State AG+21d · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 1 (MA), last Apr 22 (NH) — a 21-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/auto-auction-new-england-20260422.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 22, 2026
Raw hash: 7200f4099263c860c5ade04af88a7164e4bc042895d4e6d64c7f6489bda64ee0

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAuto Auction of New England

Victim entityAuto Auction of New England

Incidentdiscovered Feb 10, 2026

Stated responseRetained legal counsel and third-party forensic specialists to investigate the unusual activity

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov