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HackingInformationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

AMERICAN ALARM & COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

bd_70ae29a89c42fc73 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 4, 2024

Filed

Feb 5, 2024

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

9423 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

75%
Full breach record for AMERICAN ALARM & COMMUNICATIONS, INC. →

American Alarm & Communications Inc. experienced an external system breach on November 28, 2023, discovered on January 4, 2024. The breach compromised names and Social Security Numbers of 942 individuals, including 3 Maine residents. Affected individuals were notified on February 1, 2024, and offered 12 months of identity theft protection services.

Maine clockDiscovered Jan 4, 2024 → Filed with AG Feb 5, 202432d ⏱ ME 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 · 37 days
discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 32 days

Nov 28, 2023

Begins

Jan 4, 2024

Discovered

Feb 5, 2024

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 ↗
Indiana State AGFeb 1 · first
New Hampshire State AG+4d
Maine State AG+4d · this page
Massachusetts State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Feb 1 (IN), last Feb 6 (MA) — a 5-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.