DisclosureLens
MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

AUTOPAY Direct, Inc.

bd_29d55959bdbcd925 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 5, 2022

Filed

Apr 26, 2022

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for AUTOPAY Direct, Inc.2 incidents on file

AUTOPAY Direct, Inc. experienced a ransomware attack where a threat actor infiltrated its network and exfiltrated personally identifiable information (PII) of customers from February 2 to February 3, 2022. The company discovered the incident on February 5, 2022, when the actor demanded ransom. AUTOPAY did not pay the ransom, terminated unauthorized access, and engaged forensic investigators. Remediation included implementing MFA and enhanced security controls. Affected individuals were offered 12 months of Experian IdentityWorks.

Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days
discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 80 days

Feb 2, 2022

Begins

Feb 5, 2022

Discovered

Apr 26, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 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

Show 3 more filingsup to 115d gap

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗

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.