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HackingCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountFinancial credentialsMedium

American College of Emergency Physicians

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 24, 2020

Filed

Nov 17, 2020

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,93816 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for American College of Emergency Physicians →4 incidents on file

An external system breach at the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) that occurred on May 21, 2020, and was discovered on September 24, 2020, compromised the financial account or credit/debit card numbers (with access codes) of 1,938 individuals, including 16 Maine residents.

Maine clockDiscovered Sep 24, 2020 → Filed with AG Nov 17, 202054d ⏱ ME AG >30d8 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 126 days
discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 54 days

May 21, 2020

Begins

Sep 24, 2020

Discovered

Nov 17, 2020

Filed

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
Massachusetts State AG+1d
Maine State AG+1d · this page
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.