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The American Kennel Club

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 13, 2019

Filed

Jul 5, 2019

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for The American Kennel Club →

The American Kennel Club notified Montana residents of a data breach where employees and contractors had unintended access to an HR/Finance folder containing names and SSNs of staff. The incident occurred between Nov 2018 and May 2019. AKC restricted access, investigated, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 193 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 53 days

Nov 1, 2018

Begins

May 13, 2019

Discovered

Jul 5, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_2a6bd1731ec695be2019-07-08 · +3dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_e7a8b173f708abf72019-07-08 · +3dVerified

Name: The American Kennel Club
norm: the american kennel club

Name: The American Kennel Club
norm: the american kennel club
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: May 13, 2019
Breach occurred: Nov 1, 2018 – May 13, 2019
Undetected for: 193 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 5, 2019
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Limited access to the folder to only those individuals with a legitimate need to view it
Launched a thorough investigation into the incident
Providing you with information you can use to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Access to 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian
Changes made: Limited access to the folder to only those individuals with a legitimate need to view it
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(53 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGJul 5 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

New Hampshire State AG+3d

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Breach-NotificationDetails-21.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 5, 2019
Raw hash: e4719efc44b33b105d79a89a70b95c7eda141d7c945ea8d7e76eae0cc385d591

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe American Kennel Club

Victim entityThe American Kennel Club

Incidentdiscovered May 13, 2019

Stated responseLimited access to the folder to only those individuals with a legitimate need to view it

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov