HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Certified Automotive Lease Corp.

bd_a38aeb1003ce7359 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 18, 2021

Filed

Oct 29, 2021

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Certified Automotive Lease Corp. →

CAL Automotive detected unauthorized network access on September 18, 2021. The incident exposed PII including names, addresses, SSNs, driver's license numbers, and financial account data. The company engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring services to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 41 days

Sep 18, 2021

Discovered

Oct 29, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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

Maine State AGbd_376b3d3dc0de5ba42021-10-29Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_980e59c6f9aa46f12021-10-28 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_80569a5489630ac72021-10-26 · +3dVerified

Name: Certified Automotive Lease Corp.
norm: certified automotive lease

Name: Certified Automotive Lease Corp.
norm: certified automotive lease
Also named: Certified Automotive Lease Corp.dba oflegal entity
CAL Automotivedba oftrade name
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Sep 18, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 26, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Securing and remediating our network and the data we maintain
Engaged a specialized third-party forensic and technical resources firm to respond to the incident
Notified law enforcement
Changes made: Offering free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services for you through IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(41 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGOct 26 · first

Massachusetts State AG+2d

Maine State AG+3d

Montana State AG+3d · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-40.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 29, 2021
Raw hash: ce890570a88eafa6eb4a83cad826e11b6259d0aa32188d515cfe89c5c01f3331

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCertified Automotive Lease Corp.

Victim entityCertified Automotive Lease Corp.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 18, 2021

Stated responseSecuring and remediating our network and the data we maintain

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov