HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

American Armed Forces Mutual Aid Association

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 29, 2021

Filed

Mar 5, 2021

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

4,318state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for American Armed Forces Mutual Aid Association →

AAFMAA notified Washington AG of a cyberattack occurring Jan 28-31, 2021, discovered Jan 29, 2021. Unauthorized access affected 4,318 WA residents. Data included names, SSNs, DOBs, and bank account info. FBI notified; credit monitoring offered.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d5 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 · 1 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 35 days

Jan 28, 2021

Begins

Jan 29, 2021

Discovered

Mar 5, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 10 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_0255177638a7670f2021-03-05Verified
Montana State AGbd_5ad6c774208b6e842021-03-05Verified
Oregon State AGbd_6e8996a917544e202021-03-05Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_b22c50790148ad0f2021-03-05Verified

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South Carolina State AGbd_bbe179b1d0bcb4d62021-03-05Verified
California State AGbd_cd8944e9bf4db0b42021-03-05Verified
Maine State AGbd_dde898c4b50bd37d2021-03-05Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_37d3704bd31a09e22021-03-12 · +7dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_b083b2e39186c6692021-01-01 · +63dCandidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: American Armed Forces Mutual Aid Association
norm: american armed forces mutual aid
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 29, 2021
Breach occurred: Jan 28, 2021 – Jan 31, 2021
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 5, 2021
Affected individuals: 4,318state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberFinancial account numberDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoing
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the Attorney General, Washington
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”)
Providing access to credit monitoring services for twenty-four (24) months, through Experian
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(35 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 10 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Indiana State AG+63d

Montana State AG+63d

Oregon State AG+63d

Massachusetts State AG+63d

South Carolina State AG+63d

California State AG+63d

Maine State AG+63d

Washington State AG+63d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+70d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Mar 12 (NH) — a 70-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10414.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 5, 2021
Raw hash: 01356f242c7d280723e8833954c359e69d4230dfb09fe85de6b042e55f8542ab

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityAmerican Armed Forces Mutual Aid Association

Incidentdiscovered Jan 29, 2021

Stated responseNotified the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”)

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com