HackingTransportation & LogisticsTransportationCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDHighContained

American Airlines Group Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Aug 16, 2022

Filed

Sep 16, 2022

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,7085 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for American Airlines Group Inc. →6 incidents on file

American Airlines, Inc. and its subsidiaries Envoy Air and Piedmont Airlines reported an external system breach (hacking) that occurred between July 3, 2022, and July 7, 2022. The breach was discovered on August 16, 2022, and affected 5 Maine residents. The compromised information includes names in combination with Driver's License or Non-Driver Identification Card Numbers. The company offered identity theft protection services through Experian's IdentityWorksSM.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d4 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 · 44 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 31 days

Jul 3, 2022

Begins

Aug 16, 2022

Discovered

Sep 16, 2022

Filed

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

A leak claim by dispossessor about this victim predates this filing by 299 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_9384cc6b705d15da2022-09-16Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_e8cfc9a8685c40b32022-09-16Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_66e01e4a3db3e2ac2022-09-19 · +3dVerified

Name: American Airlines Group Inc.
norm: american airlines
Domain: aa.com

Name: American Airlines Group Inc.
norm: american airlines
Domain: aa.com
Industry: Transportation & Logisticsllm

Discovered: Aug 16, 2022
Breach occurred: Jul 3, 2022 – Jul 7, 2022
Undetected for: 44 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 16, 2022
Affected individuals: 1,708state + nationwide
Data types: Government ID
Data elements: Driver's licence numberSocial Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access

Changes made: Offered Experian’s® IdentityWorksSM, which includes an Experian credit report upon signup, triple bureau credit monitoring, identity restoration, and up to $1 million in identity theft insurance.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(31 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180dME AG >30d · 31d
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: Aug 16, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Sep 16, 2022
31d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Aug 16, 2022 → Filed with AG: Sep 16, 2022	31d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Montana State AGSep 16 · first

Indiana State AGSep 16 · first

Maine State AGSep 16 · first · this page

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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/72f721ce-e7d4-4a46-83bc-9286e376a03b.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 16, 2022
Raw hash: 7e9120e50875c961627b27bf6ce2d6623f7ac34342c390f40609a606ecf33366

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAmerican Airlines Group Inc.

Victim entityAmerican Airlines Group Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 16, 2022

Stated responseOffered Experian’s® IdentityWorksSM, which includes an Experian credit report upon signup, triple bureau credit monitoring, identity restoration, and up to $1 million in identity theft insurance.

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov