HackingRetailDelayed DiscoveryCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDHigh

BH Automotive, LLC

bd_6970060acb1ee132 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 13, 2022

Filed

Apr 4, 2022

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected · nationwide

14,3201 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for BH Automotive, LLC →

BH Automotive, LLC reported an external system breach that occurred between April 12 and April 21, 2021, and was discovered on January 13, 2022. The breach affected 14,320 individuals in total, including one Maine resident. The compromised information included names and driver's license numbers. BH Automotive offered affected individuals 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jan 13, 2022 → Filed with AG Apr 4, 202281d ⏱ ME AG >30d12 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 276 days

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 81 days

Apr 12, 2021

Begins

Jan 13, 2022

Discovered

Apr 4, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_221be1b8d3771bdb2022-04-04Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_a7e60eb81e1417522022-04-04Verified
Montana State AGbd_aa64b4d5c49e1f392022-04-04Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_a52ae4b89f0defaa2022-04-08 · +4dVerified

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Illinois State AGbd_abc3645ca0d476382022-01-01 · +93dCandidate

Name: BH Automotive, LLC
norm: bh automotive

Name: BH Automotive, LLC
norm: bh automotive

Discovered: Jan 13, 2022
Breach occurred: Apr 12, 2021 – Apr 21, 2021
Undetected for: 276 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 4, 2022
Affected individuals: 14,320state + nationwide
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Driver's licence number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected consumers
Changes made: Offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Kroll
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(81 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 81d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jan 13, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Apr 4, 2022
81d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jan 13, 2022 → Filed with AG: Apr 4, 2022	81d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Indiana State AG+93d

Massachusetts State AG+93d

Montana State AG+93d

Maine State AG+93d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+97d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Apr 8 (NH) — a 97-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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/cf21ba65-1eea-47f5-9635-c62afc3efd6b.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 4, 2022
Raw hash: 93435f6b957caa9a6f86878601b3bfa35b6355ae1e34a2ed5bd0ed7ebf502986

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBH Automotive, LLC

Victim entityBH Automotive, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jan 13, 2022

Stated responseSent written notification to affected consumers

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov