HackingFinancial ServicesHealthcareFinanceCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountMediumActive

AAA Collections

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 7, 2022

Filed

Dec 15, 2022

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for AAA Collections →

AAA Collections, Inc. dba Advanced Asset Alliance notified Montana residents of a cyber incident occurring Sept 5-7, 2022, discovered Sept 7, 2022. Documents containing PII, PHI, and financial data were copied. Notices sent Dec 15, 2022. Identity protection services offered. Investigation ongoing.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 99 days

Sep 5, 2022

Begins

Sep 7, 2022

Discovered

Dec 15, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_e26b84e2536107ce2022-12-15Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_8b08de040f3a35022022-11-21 · +24dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_1702940db03391382022-11-16 · +29dVerified
Maine State AGbd_313e59a39e7c2f782022-11-16 · +29dCandidate

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Indiana State AGbd_7b2b39c9ae0e7b7a2022-11-16 · +29dVerified
Montana State AGbd_eb5c4f506d1e87ab2022-11-16 · +29dVerified

Name: AAA Collections
norm: aaa collections

Name: AAA Collections
norm: aaa collections
Also named: AAA Collections, Inc.dba oflegal entity
Advanced Asset Alliancedba oftrade name
Industry: Financial ServicesllmHealthcarellm

Discovered: Sep 7, 2022
Breach occurred: Sep 5, 2022 – Sep 7, 2022
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 15, 2022
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Date of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Promptly took steps to further secure our systems
Commenced an investigation into the nature and scope of the incident
Conducted a detailed review of the data involved
Offering you access to identity protection services at no cost
Changes made: Taken additional steps to enhance the security of our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(99 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

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Massachusetts State AGNov 16 · first

Maine State AGNov 16 · first

Indiana State AGNov 16 · first

Montana State AGNov 16 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d

HHS OCR+29d

Montana State AG+29d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 16 (MA), last Dec 15 (MT) — a 29-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-12.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 15, 2022
Raw hash: 683bb67170a735c17c8c7f8325aafe5fb14c1e501e63baf62593faa07ad470d3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAAA Collections

Victim entityAAA Collections

Incidentdiscovered Sep 7, 2022

Stated responsePromptly took steps to further secure our systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov