HackingCustomer Data InvolvedPIIGovernment IDHighResolved

American College of Emergency Physicians

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 7, 2020

Filed

Apr 9, 2021

To disclose

31 weeks

Affected · nationwide

70,349808 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for American College of Emergency Physicians →4 incidents on file

American College of Emergency Physicians ("ACEP") reported an external system breach that occurred between April 8, 2020, and September 21, 2020. The breach was discovered on September 7, 2020. The incident affected 70,349 individuals in total, including 808 Maine residents, compromising their names and Social Security numbers. In response, ACEP offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through TransUnion.

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Maine clockDiscovered Sep 7, 2020 → Filed with AG Apr 9, 2021214d ⏱ ME AG >30d31 weeks 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 · 152 days

discovery → filing · 31 weeks / 214 days

Apr 8, 2020

Begins

Sep 7, 2020

Discovered

Apr 9, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 6 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_0be2e5afe6e91c9b2021-04-09Candidate
Montana State AGbd_1bb2a01b4668a1372021-04-09Verified by operator
California State AGbd_5f96d4f3a86108802021-04-09Verified
Oregon State AGbd_ffe93d10949599602021-04-09Verified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_e272ba1b8b5522522021-04-16 · +7dVerified

Name: American College of Emergency Physicians
norm: american college of emergency physicians

Name: American College of Emergency Physicians
norm: american college of emergency physicians

Discovered: Sep 7, 2020
Breach occurred: Apr 8, 2020 – Sep 21, 2020
Undetected for: 152 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 8, 2021
Affected individuals: 70,349state + nationwide
Data types: PIIGovernment ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

Changes made: 12 Months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services offered through TransUnion.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 31 weeks(214 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 214dME resident >60d · 213d
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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Sep 7, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Apr 9, 2021
214d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d
Maine
Discovered: Sep 7, 2020
→ Notified: Apr 8, 2021
213d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Sep 7, 2020 → Filed with AG: Apr 9, 2021	214d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d
Maine	Discovered: Sep 7, 2020 → Notified: Apr 8, 2021	213d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Washington State AGApr 9 · first

Montana State AGApr 9 · first

California State AGApr 9 · first

Oregon State AGApr 9 · first

Maine State AGApr 9 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Apr 9 (WA), last Apr 16 (NH) — a 7-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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/a30641cd-7502-468a-a80d-ca1f7b2b1734.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 9, 2021
Raw hash: bd321873414ccc8e3c7b71a2e256f4cfa7c1c9c6b0c81b70da9ebdb319c268e4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAmerican College of Emergency Physicians

Victim entityAmerican College of Emergency Physicians

Incidentdiscovered Sep 7, 2020

Stated response12 Months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services offered through TransUnion.

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov