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CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL INC /DE

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 26, 2026

Filed

Feb 20, 2026

To disclose

25 days

Affected · nationwide

24,1152,559 in this filing

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

95%
Full breach record for CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL INC /DE3 incidents on file

Choice Hotels International, Inc. based in North Bethesda, Maryland, a business – retail or merchant entity reported a data breach to the Texas Attorney General. The breach was discovered on 2026-01-26 and reported on 2026-02-20. 2,559 Texas residents were affected. 24,115 individuals affected in total. Types of information involved: Name of individual;Social Security Number Information. Consumers were notified via U.S. Mail.

Texas clock TX AG ≤30d25 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 · 12 days
discovery → filing · ≤ 25 days

Jan 14, 2026

Begins

Jan 26, 2026

Discovered

Feb 20, 2026

Filed

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

Show 5 more filingsup to 19d gap

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 10 states

View merged incident ↗

Pattern: first filing Feb 1 (IL), last Feb 20 (TX) — a 19-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.