HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)LowActive

AAA Collections

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 7, 2022

Filed

Nov 16, 2022

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

139state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for AAA Collections →

AAA Collections, Inc. notified Montana residents of a cyber incident where documents were copied from its systems between September 5 and 7, 2022. The company discovered the incident on September 7, 2022, and sent notifications on November 16, 2022. Affected data likely includes names and other personal information. AAA offered credit monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 70 days

Sep 5, 2022

Begins

Sep 7, 2022

Discovered

Nov 16, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 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

Massachusetts State AGbd_1702940db03391382022-11-16Verified
Maine State AGbd_313e59a39e7c2f782022-11-16Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_7b2b39c9ae0e7b7a2022-11-16Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_8b08de040f3a35022022-11-21 · +5dVerified

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 29d gap

Montana State AGbd_dc155d9622c967522022-12-15 · +29dVerified
HHS OCRbd_e26b84e2536107ce2022-12-15 · +29dVerified

Name: AAA Collections
norm: aaa collections

Name: AAA Collections
norm: aaa collections
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 7, 2022
Breach occurred: Sep 5, 2022 – Sep 7, 2022
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 16, 2022
Affected individuals: 139state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

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

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(70 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 · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Montana State AG+29d

HHS OCR+29d

Pattern: first filing Nov 16 (MA), last Dec 15 (SD) — 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-716.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 16, 2022
Raw hash: 8cef548250ff412d1c5677dfdd04cba987e882013d1754f455fd6f86fe7f39ba

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAAA Collections

Victim entityAAA Collections

Incidentdiscovered Sep 7, 2022

Stated responsePromptly took steps to secure our systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov