The Affiliated Group

The Affiliated Group notified California AG on Sep 19, 2018 of a data breach, which occurred on Nov 20, 2017. Data exposed: Social Security number, Financial / bank account, Medical / health information, Usernames / passwords, Email address, Postal address, Name.

Case file (dates, days to notice against the statute, what the letter offers, prior incidents)

Organization: The Affiliated Group
Source: California AG · source record
Date reported: Sep 19, 2018
Date(s) of breach: Monday, November 20, 2017
Residents affected: Not published by this source
Data exposed: Social Security number Financial / bank account Medical / health information Usernames / passwords Email address Postal address Name
Notice letter: Sample notice (PDF)
Discovered: Mar 28, 2018, as stated in the letter
"Nature of the Data Event On March 28, 2018, TAG confirmed that an earlier incident involving an employee’s account sending out phishing emails was the result of unauthorized access to the account."
Days to notice: 175 days from discovery (Mar 28, 2018) to the California record (Sep 19, 2018). Statute: 30 days from discovery or notification of the breach (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.82). Over the statutory period
Offered in the letter: 12 months of credit or identity monitoring through TransUnion (Cyberscout)
Third party: The letter attributes the incident to a vendor or service provider
First seen by BreachTally: 2026-10-30 16:14 UTC

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