FEDERALItem 8.01 · voluntaryHackingOtherLowActive

American Water Works Company, Inc.

bd_c8567505171ab2dd · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 3, 2024

Filed

Oct 7, 2024

To disclose

4 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for American Water Works Company, Inc. →2 incidents on file

American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) disclosed that on October 3, 2024 it learned of unauthorized activity within its computer networks. The company activated incident response protocols, engaged third-party experts, and notified law enforcement. Systems were disconnected to protect data. The company states no water/wastewater facilities were negatively impacted and does not expect a material financial effect. Investigation is ongoing.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 4 days

Oct 3, 2024

Discovered

Oct 7, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: American Water Works Company, Inc.
norm: american water works
SEC CIK: 0001410636

Name: American Water Works Company, Inc.
norm: american water works
SEC CIK: 0001410636
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Oct 3, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: —
Attack vector: Unknown
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement and is coordinating fully with them

During the incident: Activated its incident response protocols
Engaged third-party cybersecurity experts to assist with containment and mitigation activities and to investigate the nature and scope of the incident
Notified law enforcement and is coordinating fully with them
Taken and will continue to take steps to protect its systems and data, including disconnecting or deactivating certain of its systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 days(4 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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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 filing

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statementThis record

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1410636/000119312524233300/d869346d8k.htm
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Oct 7, 2024
Raw hash: 8db707f3f7abd23f1f6cc93ab5cd978b17b1ff18e5cc52e6ab9cbd4abdce4941

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Reporting entityAmerican Water Works Company, Inc.

Victim entityAmerican Water Works Company, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 3, 2024

Stated responseActivated its incident response protocols

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.sec.gov

Source filing