MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

AUTOPAY Direct, Inc.

bd_07d252a1f53fa056 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 5, 2022

Filed

Apr 18, 2022

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

62state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for AUTOPAY Direct, Inc. →2 incidents on file

AUTOPAY Direct, Inc. notified the NH Attorney General of a ransomware incident. A threat actor infiltrated the network, exfiltrated customer PII, and demanded ransom (not paid). Occurred Feb 2-3, 2022; discovered Feb 5, 2022. 62 NH residents affected. Forensic investigation conducted; MFA and enhanced security controls implemented.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 72 days

Feb 2, 2022

Begins

Feb 5, 2022

Discovered

Apr 18, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_27c3947e62aa6b162022-04-14 · +4dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_2c0e299e2e7ca1b02022-04-14 · +4dVerified
Maine State AGbd_702f47d2350c448f2022-04-14 · +4dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_e1528908ef61677d2022-04-11 · +7dVerified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 107d gap

California State AGbd_29d55959bdbcd9252022-04-26 · +8dVerified
Montana State AGbd_d2c472e50e8656412022-03-31 · +18dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_2e2021ad759667742022-01-01 · +107dCandidate

Name: AUTOPAY Direct, Inc.
norm: autopay direct

Name: AUTOPAY Direct, Inc.
norm: autopay direct
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 5, 2022
Breach occurred: Feb 2, 2022 – Feb 3, 2022
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 18, 2022
Affected individuals: 62state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General

During the incident: Retained an outside forensic firm to conduct a thorough investigation
Terminated all unauthorized access to our systems
Notified law enforcement
Notified TransUnion, Equifax and Experian
Changes made: Implemented multifactor authentication for all users across the organization
Configured additional security measures on its information technology platforms
Enhanced password management
Access control restrictions
Updated logging capabilities
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(72 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗

Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Montana State AG+89d

Indiana State AG+100d

Washington State AG+103d

South Carolina State AG+103d

Maine State AG+103d

New Hampshire State AG+107d · this page

California State AG+115d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Apr 26 (CA) — a 115-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/autopay-direct-20220418.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 18, 2022
Raw hash: 58ad1ed45e2840ee54a8060eecea3cd58a2c628a56c824671510f602834ffdb7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAUTOPAY Direct, Inc.

Victim entityAUTOPAY Direct, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 5, 2022

Stated responseRetained an outside forensic firm to conduct a thorough investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov