PhysicalRetail & ConsumerRetailTheftCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighActive

Aaron's, LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 30, 2011

Filed

Oct 18, 2011

To disclose

18 days

Affected

1,008state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Aaron's, LLC →2 incidents on file

Aaron's, Inc. notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a burglary at a Fresno, CA franchisee store on September 26, 2011. A stolen computer contained customer PII, including names and SSNs, affecting approximately 1,008 New Hampshire residents. Aaron's reported the incident to law enforcement and offered one year of Equifax credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 18 days

Sep 26, 2011

Begins

Sep 30, 2011

Discovered

Oct 18, 2011

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_57bec15e945f3aa82011-10-19 · +1dVerified

Name: Aaron's, LLC
norm: aaron s

Name: Aaron's, LLC
norm: aaron s
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Sep 30, 2011
Breach occurred: Sep 26, 2011
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 17, 2011
Affected individuals: 1,008state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported the incident to law enforcement authorities

During the incident: Launched an investigation to determine what information was on that computer
Reported the incident to law enforcement authorities
Offering one year of credit monitoring and call center support through Equifax to each of the affected individuals
Changes made: Offered one year of credit monitoring and call center support through Equifax to each of the affected individuals
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 days(18 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGOct 18 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/aarons-20111018.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 18, 2011
Raw hash: 4dcccca245cc8064dcfa9bab6f9b62665f67a4286e7bcf848a17abb1a8dd032c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAaron's, LLC

Victim entityAaron's, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Sep 30, 2011

Stated responseLaunched an investigation to determine what information was on that computer

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov