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GERMAIN AUTOMOTIVE PARTNERSHIP, INC.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Apr 18, 2022

Filed

Jun 1, 2022

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2,9902 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for GERMAIN AUTOMOTIVE PARTNERSHIP, INC. →

Germain Automotive Partnership, Inc. reported a data breach affecting 2,990 individuals. The incident occurred between November 28, 2021, and April 12, 2022, and was discovered on April 18, 2022. The breach exposed names and Social Security numbers. Affected individuals were notified on June 1, 2022, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and fraud resolution services.

Maine clockDiscovered Apr 18, 2022 → Filed with AG Jun 1, 202244d ⏱ ME AG >30d6 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 141 days
discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 44 days

Nov 28, 2021

Begins

Apr 18, 2022

Discovered

Jun 1, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGJun 1 · first
Indiana State AGJun 1 · first
Maine State AGJun 1 · first · 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.