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IES Communications, LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

Mar 17, 2025

Filed

Jul 8, 2025

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected · nationwide

6,2411,061 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

95%
Full breach record for IES Communications, LLC →

IES Communications, LLC based in Tempe, Arizona, a business – retail or merchant entity reported a data breach to the Texas Attorney General. The breach was discovered on 2025-03-17 and reported on 2025-07-08. 1,061 Texas residents were affected. 6,241 individuals affected in total. Types of information involved: Name of individual;Address;Social Security Number Information;Other;Date of Birth. Consumers were notified via U.S. Mail.

Texas clock✗ TX AG >30d16 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 · 10 days
discovery → filing · ≤ 16 weeks / 113 days

Mar 7, 2025

Begins

Mar 17, 2025

Discovered

Jul 8, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident
A leak claim by chaos about this victim predates this filing by 139 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGJul 3 · first
Nebraska State AGJul 3 · first
Iowa State AG+4d
Maine State AG+4d
Texas State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 3 (IN), last Jul 8 (TX) — 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.