HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

TMX Finance Family of Companies

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 13, 2023

Filed

Aug 23, 2023

To disclose

27 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for TMX Finance Family of Companies →3 incidents on file

TMX Finance LLC (TitleMax, TitleBucks, InstaLoan) disclosed a data breach affecting customer personal information. Suspicious activity was detected on February 13, 2023, with unauthorized access occurring between December 2022 and February 2023. The breach involved identity data (names, SSNs, DOBs, driver's licenses). TMX contained the breach, engaged forensic experts, notified law enforcement, reset passwords, and offered credit monitoring. This is a supplemental notice, specifically highlighting Rhode Island residents.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 74 days

discovery → filing · 27 weeks / 191 days

Dec 1, 2022

Begins

Feb 13, 2023

Discovered

Aug 23, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+19 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

South Carolina State AGbd_da9ab1d2f77fb1512023-03-30 · +146dCandidate

Name: TMX Finance Corporate Services, Inc.
norm: tmx finance corporate services
Domain: tmxfinancefamily.com

Name: TMX Finance Family of Companies
norm: tmx finance family of companies
Domain: tmxfinancefamily.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 13, 2023
Breach occurred: Dec 1, 2022 – Feb 14, 2023
Undetected for: 74 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 30, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: law enforcement was notified
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Retained global forensic cybersecurity experts
Notified law enforcement
Contained and eliminated the unauthorized activity on our systems
Continue to monitor our systems for any suspicious activity
Implemented additional security features, such as additional endpoint protection and monitoring
Resetting all employee passwords
Offering you complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through Experian IdentityWorks
Changes made: Implemented additional security features, such as additional endpoint protection and monitoring
Resetting all employee passwords
Continue to evaluate ways to further enhance the security of our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 weeks(191 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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South Carolina State AGMar 30 · first

Delaware State AG+146d · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 30 (SC), last Aug 23 (DE) — a 146-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://attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2023/09/TMX-Finance-Sample-Copy-of-Individual-Notice-L01.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 23, 2023
Raw hash: 49a4bf8501fbbc05ee5bb53a3cc95540bc7b89a46a1402629d5474a7067e0ea1

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTMX Finance Corporate Services, Inc.

Victim entityTMX Finance Family of Companies

Incidentdiscovered Feb 13, 2023

Stated responseRetained global forensic cybersecurity experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceattorneygeneral.delaware.gov