HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Autobell Car Wash, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 7, 2024

Filed

Oct 22, 2024

To disclose

28 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Autobell Car Wash, LLC →2 incidents on file

Autobell Car Wash, LLC reported a cybersecurity incident occurring between April 1 and April 7, 2024, discovered on September 24, 2024. Unauthorized access may have exposed names and government identifiers (SSN, DOB). The company engaged forensic investigators and offers 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection. A specific count of 4 Rhode Island residents was noted.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday28 days 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 · 6 days

discovery → filing · 28 weeks / 198 days

Apr 1, 2024

Begins

Apr 7, 2024

Discovered

Oct 22, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

A leak claim by medusa about this victim predates this filing by 167 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitemedusabd_ac35e09bf9b8d5e32024-05-07 · +167dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_65b1abda577354f52024-10-22Verified
Maine State AGbd_6ec984c8434dd0da2024-10-22Verified by operator
Montana State AGbd_aca4be2ef40319222024-10-22Verified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_396741caec07cc662024-10-23 · +1dVerified by operator

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New Hampshire State AGbd_e13d9ce271c5e1ae2024-10-28 · +6dVerified by operator

Name: Autobell Car Wash, LLC
norm: autobell car wash
Domain: autobell.com

Name: Autobell Car Wash, LLC
norm: autobell car wash
Domain: autobell.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Apr 7, 2024
Breach occurred: Apr 1, 2024 – Apr 7, 2024
Undetected for: 6 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Oct 22, 2024
Notification sent: Oct 22, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Filed notice with the Office of the Vermont Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Commenced a prompt investigation working closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Conducted an extensive forensic investigation and document review
Providing access to identity theft protection services through IDX, A ZeroFox Company
Offering 12 months of credit and CyberScan monitoring
Offering a $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy
Offering fully managed id theft recovery services
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify practices to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 days(28 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bdayLeak >90d
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 · 6 filings · 6 states

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Indiana State AGOct 22 · first

Maine State AGOct 22 · first

Montana State AGOct 22 · first

Vermont State AGOct 22 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Oct 22 (IN), last Oct 28 (NH) — a 6-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/2024-10-22-autobell-car-wash-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 22, 2024
Raw hash: c7bea9a02d57a35ed00435b645fde794638b7e9b4353a0fbcc2f3e23451e7ec0

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAutobell Car Wash, LLC

Victim entityAutobell Car Wash, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Apr 7, 2024

Stated responseCommenced a prompt investigation working closely with external cybersecurity professionals

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov