HackingEmployee Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)EmploymentMediumContained

Bell American Group LLC

bd_90ce348cc39fdd6e · schema v1 · pii pii-v2

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 9, 2026

Filed

Aug 26, 2026

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected

12,810state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Bell American Group LLC →3 incidents on file

Bell American Group LLC notified individuals that an unknown actor accessed certain servers between April 8 and April 9, 2026. The company became aware of suspicious network activity on April 9, 2026. The investigation determined that files containing information related to employment were accessed or acquired. The incident is contained. No specific count of affected individuals was disclosed in the letter, though Rhode Island residents were noted as potentially impacted.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due20 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 139 days

Apr 8, 2026

Begins

Apr 9, 2026

Discovered

Aug 26, 2026

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_5225e928dee28eb62026-08-26Verified

Name: Bell American Group LLC
norm: bell american

Name: Bell American Group LLC
norm: bell american

Discovered: Apr 9, 2026
Breach occurred: Apr 8, 2026 – Apr 9, 2026
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 26, 2026
Affected individuals: 12,810state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Employment
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Took steps to secure our systems
Launched a comprehensive investigation to determine the full nature and scope of the activity
Undertook a review of the involved files to determine what was contained therein and to whom it related
Taken steps to further enhance these protections and continue to monitor these safeguards
Changes made: Providing guidance about free resources that are available to assist with monitoring relevant accounts, credit reports, and how to place a fraud alert or security freeze on one’s credit file
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(139 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGAug 26 · first

South Carolina State AGAug 26 · first · this page

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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Security%20Breach%20Notices/2026/Consumer%20Letter%20-%20Bell%20American%20Group%20LLC.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 26, 2026
Raw hash: 14c27f0841b53c57f58c447a1b3a484551d0b7d93439c18158e00a397c837846

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBell American Group LLC

Victim entityBell American Group LLC

Incidentdiscovered Apr 9, 2026

Stated responseTook steps to secure our systems

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov