MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareVulnerability ExploitRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

AUTOPAY Direct, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 5, 2022

Filed

Apr 14, 2022

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

831state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

70%

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

AUTOPAY Direct, Inc. reported a ransomware cyberattack in Washington. A threat actor infiltrated the network, exfiltrated PII (names, SSNs, driver's licenses, DOBs) between Feb 2-3, 2022, and demanded ransom. The company did not pay, engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, and implemented MFA and enhanced security controls. 831 Washington residents were affected.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d10 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 · 3 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 68 days

Feb 2, 2022

Begins

Feb 5, 2022

Discovered

Apr 14, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

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

South Carolina State AGbd_2c0e299e2e7ca1b02022-04-14Verified
Maine State AGbd_702f47d2350c448f2022-04-14Verified
Indiana State AGbd_e1528908ef61677d2022-04-11 · +3dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_07d252a1f53fa0562022-04-18 · +4dVerified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 103d gap

California State AGbd_29d55959bdbcd9252022-04-26 · +12dVerified
Montana State AGbd_d2c472e50e8656412022-03-31 · +14dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_2e2021ad759667742022-01-01 · +103dCandidate

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 14, 2022
Affected individuals: 831state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement (FBI recommendation referenced)
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Retained an outside forensic firm to conduct a thorough investigation
Terminating all unauthorized access to our systems
Notifying law enforcement
Changes made: Implementing multifactor authentication for all users across the organization
Configuring additional security measures on our 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(68 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 · 8 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗

Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Montana State AG+89d

Indiana State AG+100d

South Carolina State AG+103d

Maine State AG+103d

Washington State AG+103d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+107d

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA8393.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 14, 2022
Raw hash: dbc03d20c88eb83d927d3ed80e223b0cd5545a296ba85fef7cc5757974ccb1d1

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

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com