HackingHospitalityHospitalityStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCredentialsHighContained

Aimbridge Hospitality Holdings, LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

Mar 21, 2018

Filed

Jun 7, 2018

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

13,478state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Aimbridge Hospitality Holdings, LLC →3 incidents on file

Aimbridge Hospitality Holdings, LLC reported unauthorized access to employee email accounts. On March 21, 2018, unusual activity was identified in an employee email account. Investigation determined that certain employee email accounts were subject to unauthorized access between January 8, 2018, and March 21, 2018. Personal information including name, SSN, financial account info, and credentials for 13,478 California residents was potentially exposed. The company engaged forensic investigators, changed credentials, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 72 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 78 days

Jan 8, 2018

Begins

Mar 21, 2018

Discovered

Jun 7, 2018

Filed

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_02ca0befb963f7642018-06-07Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_9ead90e00c8066532018-06-07Verified
Montana State AGbd_f0163d88cb1b3a512018-06-07Candidate

Name: Aimbridge Hospitality Holdings, LLC
norm: aimbridge hospitality

Name: Aimbridge Hospitality Holdings, LLC
norm: aimbridge hospitality
Industry: Hospitalityllm

Discovered: Mar 21, 2018
Breach occurred: Jan 8, 2018 – Mar 21, 2018
Undetected for: 72 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 7, 2018
Affected individuals: 13,478state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCredentials
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Providing notice to certain state regulators and the consumer reporting agencies as required
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Changed the employee’s credentials immediately
Launched an investigation with the assistance of third-party forensic investigation firm
Offering those individuals potentially impacted by this event with one (1) year of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services
Providing notice to the consumer reporting agencies and certain other state regulators as required
Changes made: Reviewing its policies and procedures to mitigate the risk that a similar event will occur again in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(78 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

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Massachusetts State AGJun 7 · first

New Hampshire State AGJun 7 · first

Montana State AGJun 7 · first

California State AGJun 7 · 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-136921
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 7, 2018
Raw hash: 63dab3d8f1c9c3aa9e46156b1f1142a99fc08d1d5769bfb8b8d4c488f5fe7800

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAimbridge Hospitality Holdings, LLC

Victim entityAimbridge Hospitality Holdings, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Mar 21, 2018

Stated responseChanged the employee’s credentials immediately

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov