The Affiliated Group — November 2017 breach

Clustered 4 filings across 4 jurisdictions · filing window Sep 18, 2018 → Sep 27, 2018. View entity profile → Other incidents for this victim →

⚠ 1 cross-filing discrepancy →Merge100%

Determination

Confirmed

Members

4 filings

States

Affected · reported

1,420

First → last filing

Sep 18, 2018 → Sep 27, 2018

Merge confidence

100%

incident inc_c866c3ff436747f8 · merged by deterministic · confidence 100%

Confirmed breach. Merged as one breach: 4 regulatory filings. The filings describe a phishing attack. Intrusion Nov 1, 2017–Mar 28, 2018, discovered Mar 28, 2018 — the first regulatory filing landed 174 days later (flagged late). 1,420 individuals reported across the linked filings. Data reported: Government ID, PII, PHI, and 3 more. Notifications rolled out on a 9-day schedule across 4 filings beginning Sep 18, 2018. Each member filing remains the legal record for its jurisdiction.

Litigation Timing

Supplemental

Notification delay

174days

Discovered → first regulatory filing

Discovery variance

0days

Range of discovered_at dates across filings

Filing span

9days

Time between earliest and latest filing

Not recorded for this incident

Leak precedence · Materiality delta · SEC filing delay — no leak-site claim in this cluster; no SEC 8-K in this cluster.

Regulatory clocksCalifornia✗ CA 60-day late · 175dFull clock table in Litigation Timeline

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