HackingIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

American Welding & Gas, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 22, 2021

Filed

Oct 21, 2021

To disclose

29 days

Affected · nationwide

4393 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for American Welding & Gas, Inc. →4 incidents on file

American Welding & Gas, Inc. experienced an external system breach (hacking) that occurred between July 22, 2021, and July 28, 2021. The breach was discovered on September 22, 2021. The compromised information includes names and Social Security Numbers, affecting a total of 439 individuals. The company provided written notification to affected consumers on October 21, 2021, and offered 12 months of identity monitoring and restoration services through Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered Sep 22, 2021 → Filed with AG Oct 21, 202129d ✓ ME AG ≤30d29 days 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 · 62 days

discovery → filing · 29 days

Jul 22, 2021

Begins

Sep 22, 2021

Discovered

Oct 21, 2021

Filed

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

Indiana State AGbd_87ea9558731eac262021-09-16 · +35dVerified
Montana State AGbd_ad9abc1ccf28f1182021-09-16 · +35dCandidate

Name: American Welding & Gas, Inc.
norm: american welding gas

Name: American Welding & Gas, Inc.
norm: american welding gas

Discovered: Sep 22, 2021
Breach occurred: Jul 22, 2021 – Jul 28, 2021
Undetected for: 62 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 21, 2021
Affected individuals: 439state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected consumers.
Offered identity theft protection services.
Changes made: Provided 12 months of identity monitoring and restoration services through Experian.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 29d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Sep 22, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Oct 21, 2021
29d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Sep 22, 2021 → Filed with AG: Oct 21, 2021	29d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGSep 16 · first

Montana State AGSep 16 · first

Maine State AG+35d · this page

Pattern: first filing Sep 16 (IN), last Oct 21 (ME) — a 35-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/e8d4eab3-6936-49ef-9cad-ea57b6d623d3.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 21, 2021
Raw hash: b06d3fd6db4b8836e7e8e5dd1046f2c4edcae5227d3d7a97478debfbe9db27fe

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAmerican Welding & Gas, Inc.

Victim entityAmerican Welding & Gas, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 22, 2021

Stated responseSent written notification to affected consumers.

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov