Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)CredentialsLowContained

American Trust Company

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 13, 2024

Filed

Jan 2, 2025

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for American Trust Company →2 incidents on file

American Trust Company notified consumers of a data breach involving unauthorized copying of emails between August 8 and August 13, 2024. The incident likely resulted from phishing. Affected data included names and other elements. The company secured its email tenant and offered credit monitoring.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday20 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 5 days

discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 142 days

Aug 8, 2024

Begins

Aug 13, 2024

Discovered

Jan 2, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+11 wks slower

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by quantum about this victim predates this filing by 904 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_287d49af40112a722025-01-02Candidate
Nebraska State AGbd_38d2f65d098bb14c2025-01-02Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_86cf6657edd266fe2025-01-02Verified
Washington State AGbd_d444b726115399bc2025-01-02Verified

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California State AGbd_dbf1280fe84a4fa02025-01-02Verified
Indiana State AGbd_e428feb5486279e12025-01-02Verified

Name: American Trust Company
norm: american trust

Name: American Trust Company
norm: american trust
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 13, 2024
Breach occurred: Aug 8, 2024 – Aug 13, 2024
Undetected for: 5 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 2, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Credentials
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure the email tenant
Assessed the security of the email environment
Investigated the activity
Conducted a comprehensive review of the relevant emails
Providing access to complimentary credit monitoring through Experian IdentityWorks
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing existing policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(142 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bdayLeak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Maine State AGJan 2 · first

Nebraska State AGJan 2 · first

Massachusetts State AGJan 2 · first

Washington State AGJan 2 · first

California State AGJan 2 · first

Indiana State AGJan 2 · first

Vermont State AGJan 2 · 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-01-02-american-trust-company-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 2, 2025
Raw hash: 338ac673fc08934d8c4740a434241ae65f18873df371e03b8a0cba130accb619

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAmerican Trust Company

Victim entityAmerican Trust Company

Incidentdiscovered Aug 13, 2024

Stated responseTook steps to secure the email tenant

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov