Case file: The Affiliated Group
Every government filing on this incident, the dates as stated, and the days to notice against each state's statute. Built from the records on Nov 9, 2026, agency link on every row. Not legal advice.
The incident
- Breach window
- Nov 20, 2017
- Discovered
- Mar 28, 2018, as stated in the California letter
- State and federal records
- 1 filing, Sep 19, 2018
- Residents counted
- No state publishes a resident count for this incident
- Everyone affected
- No filing gives a total
- Information exposed
- Social Security number, Financial / bank account, Medical / health information, Usernames / passwords, Email address, Postal address
- Offered to those affected
- 12 months of credit or identity monitoring through TransUnion (Cyberscout)
- Third party named
- Yes, the letter attributes the incident to a vendor or service provider
- Days to notice
- Past the statutory period in California, counted from discovery to the state's first record
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."
Filings
| Agency | Record date | People | In total | Days to notice | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California California AG | Sep 19, 2018 | Not published | 175 days, statute 30 days, over | Letter Record |
People is the count the filing gives, residents of the state unless marked total. Days to notice runs from the discovery date the letter states, or from the end of the breach window when no letter states one, to the date on the state's first record of the incident. "Over" marks a count past the days the state's statute allows for notice to residents. The statute's trigger is a question of fact, the days are arithmetic.
Notice timing, state by state
- 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).
The statutes
- California: 30 days to notify residents from discovery or notification of the breach, Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.82. Sample notice to the Attorney General when more than 500 Californians are notified, within 15 days of the consumer notice (effective 2026).
Filings by others that name The Affiliated Group
Clients of a breached vendor often file under their own names and name the vendor.
- Indiana University Health, Affiliated Covered Entity, HHS OCR, Sep 29, 2026, 2,080
- Yellow Corporation and its affiliated debtors and debtors-in-possession under their jointly administered chapter 11 cases (Case No. 23-11069 (Bankr. D. Del. (CTG)), Texas, Jun 30, 2026, 13,183
- Yellow Corporation and affiliated debtors, Vermont, Jun 26, 2026, 37
- Yellow Corporation and its affiliated debtors and debtors-in-possession under their jointly administered chapter 11 cases (Case No. 23-11069 (Bankr. D. Del. (CTG)), California, Jun 26, 2026
- UnitedHealth Care Services, Inc. Single Affiliated Covered Entity, HHS OCR, Jun 5, 2026, 34,574
- Chase Affiliated Companies, Texas, Nov 7, 2025, 979
- Affiliated Dermatologists & Dermatologic Surgeons P.A., California, May 23, 2024
- Affiliated Dermatologists and Dermatologic Surgeons P.A., Delaware, May 3, 2024, 618
- Aldrich Services, LLC on behalf of all operating affiliated entities, Oregon, Apr 1, 2024, 1,045
- Reiter Affiliated Companies, LLC, on behalf of itself and certain data owners, California, Sep 21, 2022
- Reiter Affiliated Companies, LLC, on behalf of itself and certain data owners, California, Sep 2, 2022
- Covenant Care California, LLC, on behalf of relevant affiliated nursing facilities, California, May 9, 2022
- Anthem, Inc. on behalf of its affiliated covered entities, California, Dec 31, 2021
- Forest City Trade Group, LLC and its affiliated companies, Oregon, Jul 22, 2021, 1,855
- The Kroger Co. and its affiliated companies (“Kroger”), California, Feb 19, 2021
- Covenant Care California, LLC, on behalf of relevant affiliated nursing facilities, California, Mar 6, 2019
- AHMC Healthcare, Inc and affiliated hospitals, California, Oct 21, 2013
- UnitedHealth Group health plan single affiliated covered entity, California, Mar 30, 2012
Sources and method
Records as published by California AG. Letter facts (discovery date, monitoring, third party) are read from the consumer letter the agency posted, 1 letter read for this incident, and quoted so you can check them. Texas and HHS publish no letters. First-seen times on each record page. Spot an error? Email support@breachtally.com with this page link.