HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

American European Insurance Group, Inc

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 18, 2020

Filed

Dec 6, 2021

To disclose

15 months

Affected · nationwide

16,4145 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for American European Insurance Group, Inc →

American European Insurance Group reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring on September 18, 2020. The incident affected 16,414 individuals, including 5 Maine residents. The breach compromised names and financial account numbers (including credit/debit card numbers with security codes/PINs). The company provided written notification and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX.

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Maine clockDiscovered Sep 18, 2020 → Filed with AG Dec 6, 2021444d ✗ ME AG >90d15 months discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 15 months / 444 days

Sep 18, 2020

Begins

Sep 18, 2020

Discovered

Dec 6, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+54 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_c512f40db5213bcb2021-12-06Verified
Indiana State AGbd_ee57fb93feb13ef02021-12-06Verified

Name: American National Insurance Company
norm: american national insurance
Domain: americannational.com

Name: American European Insurance Group, Inc
norm: american european insurance
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 18, 2020
Breach occurred: Sep 18, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 6, 2021
Affected individuals: 16,414state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 months(444 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 444dME resident >180d · 444d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Sep 18, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Dec 6, 2021
444d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Sep 18, 2020
→ Notified: Dec 6, 2021
444d 180 days ME resident >180d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Sep 18, 2020 → Filed with AG: Dec 6, 2021	444d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Sep 18, 2020 → Notified: Dec 6, 2021	444d	180 days	ME resident >180d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗

Massachusetts State AGDec 6 · first

Indiana State AGDec 6 · first

Maine State AGDec 6 · 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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/c2728aa2-96f2-478e-8edf-7f076b81673e.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 6, 2021
Raw hash: b756377576bc45a482dc51e2d5fa7e9f84bc3eda85f8e1c3109894d8b8521ad1

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAmerican National Insurance Company

Victim entityAmerican European Insurance Group, Inc

Incidentdiscovered Sep 18, 2020

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov