DisclosureLens
HackingRetailCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLow

American Cutting Edge

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 2, 2022

Filed

Aug 19, 2022

To disclose

17 days

Affected · nationwide

4844 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for American Cutting Edge →

American Cutting Edge reported a data breach affecting 484 individuals, discovered on August 2, 2022. The incident, an external system breach, occurred on April 20, 2022. The compromised information included names in combination with financial account numbers or credit/debit card numbers and their associated security codes, access codes, passwords, or PINs. Affected individuals were notified in writing on August 19, 2022, and offered 12 months of identity restoration services through Kroll.

Maine clockDiscovered Aug 2, 2022 → Filed with AG Aug 19, 202217d ✓ ME AG ≤30d17 days 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 · 104 days
discovery → filing · 17 days

Apr 20, 2022

Begins

Aug 2, 2022

Discovered

Aug 19, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 4 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 ↗
Massachusetts State AGAug 19 · first
Indiana State AGAug 19 · first
Maine State AGAug 19 · first · this page
New Hampshire State AG+4d

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.