HackingFinancial ServicesTechnologyFinanceStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

Paysafe Group Holdings Limitedd

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Severity

High

Discovered

Nov 6, 2020

Filed

Dec 16, 2020

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

1,877state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Paysafe Group Holdings Limitedd →2 incidents on file

Paysafe Group Holdings Limited notified Washington AG of a security incident affecting 1,877 residents. Unauthorized actors submitted automated queries to a legacy website between May 2018 and Nov 2020. Data accessed included names, SSNs, and bank account info. Paysafe engaged forensics, closed the site, and offered 2 years of credit monitoring.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d6 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 908 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 40 days

May 13, 2018

Begins

Nov 6, 2020

Discovered

Dec 16, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_1c3042be6747728b2020-12-16Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_a7e7764a6bda27062020-12-16Verified
Indiana State AGbd_48e28894f734a21b2020-12-18 · +2dVerified
Montana State AGbd_4af709dd8df8f3c02020-12-18 · +2dVerified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 34d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_ec174ff5603cb5902020-12-21 · +5dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_397975980f30df2c2020-12-23 · +7dVerified
Maine State AGbd_6a289d8c42bb094c2021-01-12 · +27dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_8e5980705d10b8f52021-01-19 · +34dCandidate

Name: Paysafe Group Holdings Limitedd
norm: paysafe group holdings limitedd

Name: Paysafe Group Holdings Limitedd
norm: paysafe group holdings limitedd
Industry: Financial ServicesllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Nov 6, 2020
Breach occurred: May 13, 2018 – Nov 24, 2020
Undetected for: 908 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 18, 2020
Affected individuals: 1,877state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberFinancial account number
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 500+dexposure 500+d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoing
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Initiated an investigation to determine the nature and potential impact of the vulnerability
Created a secure environment to test the queries
Engaged external forensics experts to assist
Notified law enforcement
Closed the website
Sending notice by postal mail to the potentially impacted Washington residents
Changes made: Enhancing its website scanning practices and vulnerability detection program
Offering credit monitoring and identity protection services for 2 years through Kroll
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(40 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

View merged incident ↗

California State AGDec 16 · first

South Carolina State AGDec 16 · first

Washington State AGDec 16 · first · this page

Indiana State AG+2d

Montana State AG+2d

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Maine State AG+27d

Oregon State AG+34d

Pattern: first filing Dec 16 (CA), last Jan 19 (OR) — a 34-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10371.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 16, 2020
Raw hash: af21dc4d610e012893dbe951ad8210342335d63edfb175ec5c106f5ed972ba1d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPaysafe Group Holdings Limitedd

Victim entityPaysafe Group Holdings Limitedd

Incidentdiscovered Nov 6, 2020

Stated responseInitiated an investigation to determine the nature and potential impact of the vulnerability

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com