HackingOtherStolen CredentialsEmployee Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

The American Kennel Club

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 13, 2019

Filed

Jul 8, 2019

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The American Kennel Club →

The American Kennel Club notified the NH AG of a data event where employees/contractors had unintended access to an HR/Finance folder containing names and SSNs of staff/dependents. Issue existed Nov 2018-May 2019. 3 NH residents affected. AKC provided 24 months credit monitoring via Experian.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 193 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 56 days

Nov 1, 2018

Begins

May 13, 2019

Discovered

Jul 8, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_2a6bd1731ec695be2019-07-08Verified
Montana State AGbd_5b6ab642675f6a792019-07-05 · +3dCandidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: The American Kennel Club
norm: the american kennel club
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: May 13, 2019
Breach occurred: Nov 1, 2018 – May 13, 2019
Undetected for: 193 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 5, 2019
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney GeneralNotifying other state regulators
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took immediate steps to repair the issue so that only intended authorized personnel can now access this information
Launched a thorough investigation into the incident
Provided potentially affected individuals access to 24 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services, through Experian
Provided potentially impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Notifying other state regulators and the three major credit reporting agencies
Changes made: Limited access to the folder to only those individuals with a legitimate need to view it
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(56 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGJul 5 · first

Massachusetts State AG+3d

New Hampshire State AG+3d · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/american-kennel-club-20190708.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 8, 2019
Raw hash: 8c5ca150b60bd16c14161c5f80bf6836ec8b1897b4e382421815812251f1874d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityThe American Kennel Club

Incidentdiscovered May 13, 2019

Stated responseTook immediate steps to repair the issue so that only intended authorized personnel can now access this information

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov