HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceVulnerability ExploitCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Paysafe Group Holdings Limitedd

bd_1c3042be6747728b · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 6, 2020

Filed

Dec 16, 2020

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

63%

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

Paysafe Group Holdings Limited disclosed a cybersecurity incident affecting a legacy website used by its Merchant Services division (including CHI Payments and iPayment). On November 6, 2020, the company discovered suspicious automated queries targeting the site. Evidence of suspicious activity spans from May 13, 2018, to November 24, 2020. The incident potentially exposed names, contact details, Social Security numbers, and bank account information of a limited subset of merchants and agents. The website did not hold payment card data. Paysafe closed the website, engaged forensic experts, notified law enforcement, and offered two years of credit monitoring.

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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

Washington State AGbd_1151afe21cdd47ff2020-12-16Verified
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 Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 6, 2020
Breach occurred: May 13, 2018 – Nov 24, 2020
Undetected for: 908 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
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
Took steps to prevent further unauthorized access
Closed the website
Changes made: Invest in cybersecurity
Enhancing website scanning practices
Enhancing vulnerability detection program
Arranged for credit monitoring and identity monitoring services at no cost for two 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: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

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Washington State AGDec 16 · first

South Carolina State AGDec 16 · first

California 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 (WA), 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-197247
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: 7dcdb7bb83036ff9f9619fe0ae945227cb8a86e02cf4f7e4627113b4e5fb6307

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

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov