HackingFinancial ServicesTechnologyFinanceVulnerability ExploitStolen CredentialsTargetedMulti-Stage ChainIdentity (basic)Government IDPIIMediumActive

BYTE FEDERAL, INC.

bd_0db76d11ece12d45 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 18, 2024

Filed

Dec 11, 2024

To disclose

23 days

Affected

110state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for BYTE FEDERAL, INC. →2 incidents on file

Byte Federal Inc. notified Montana residents of a security breach discovered on November 18, 2024. A bad actor gained unauthorized access to a server by exploiting a third-party software vulnerability. The incident involved customer PII including names, SSNs, and government IDs. No funds were compromised. Forensic investigation and law enforcement cooperation are ongoing.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 23 days

Nov 18, 2024

Discovered

Dec 11, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_111cf969e08f8a6a2024-12-11Verified
California State AGbd_43871576fda331702024-12-11Verified
Maine State AGbd_8379555c684c474b2024-12-11Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_49c9872bc3fd72642024-12-13 · +2dVerified

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Oregon State AGbd_daeb670bbf3e3f522024-12-13 · +2dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_f41748cfed1fc8a22024-12-13 · +2dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_bac8660828954ab92024-12-16 · +5dVerified

Name: BYTE FEDERAL, INC.
norm: byte federal
Domain: bytefederal.com

Name: BYTE FEDERAL, INC.
norm: byte federal
Domain: bytefederal.com
Industry: Financial ServicesllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Nov 18, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 110state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPII
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Cooperating with law enforcement
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Shut down our platform
Isolated the bad actor
Secured the compromised server
Performed a hard reset on all customer accounts
Updated all of our internal passwords, password management system, tokens and keys for our network
Conducting a forensic investigation
Cooperating with law enforcement
Changes made: Made immediate enhancements to our systems, security, and practices
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 days(23 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

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Massachusetts State AGDec 11 · first

California State AGDec 11 · first

Maine State AGDec 11 · first

Montana State AGDec 11 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+2d

Oregon State AG+2d

South Carolina State AG+2d

Vermont State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Dec 11 (MA), last Dec 16 (VT) — a 5-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Consumer-notification-letter-44.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 11, 2024
Raw hash: 15e973d3f77d47d53558b03ebf248c477bf746cc4a3ca8c293b6e0de2134ab83

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBYTE FEDERAL, INC.

Victim entityBYTE FEDERAL, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Nov 18, 2024

Stated responseShut down our platform

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov