HackingFinancial ServicesTechnologyFinanceStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)LowContained

Systems East, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 25, 2023

Filed

Nov 16, 2023

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Systems East, Inc. →

Systems East, Inc. disclosed that on August 25, 2023, an unknown individual temporarily accessed its computer network and copied an encrypted database file containing customer names and payment card information. The access was identified and stopped the same day. Systems East notified payment card providers and implemented security enhancements. It is unknown if the data was decrypted.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday12 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 83 days

Aug 25, 2023

Begins

Aug 25, 2023

Discovered

Nov 16, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

This filing is one of 10 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_112c0a336a9f0b372023-11-16Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_336709c286ddb2892023-11-16Verified
Maine State AGbd_3cd8525ae90d49352023-11-16Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_4ae0481f42c6f6252023-11-16Verified

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Oregon State AGbd_9db41fccc59757642023-11-16Verified
Washington State AGbd_dd9f817dec80faea2023-11-16Verified
Montana State AGbd_fe09656762736c342023-11-16Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_fba5265b07c117832023-11-17 · +1dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_fa3f260c221a57e72023-01-01 · +319dCandidate

Name: Systems East, Inc.
norm: systems east

Name: Systems East, Inc.
norm: systems east
Industry: Financial ServicesllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Aug 25, 2023
Breach occurred: Aug 25, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Financial accountIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Identified and stopped the unauthorized access
Undertook a review of what occurred
Notified the payment card providers (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover)
Evaluating our technical security measures and policies
Implemented enhancements to mitigate the risk of a matter like this reoccurring
Changes made: Implemented enhancements to technical security measures and policies
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(83 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 10 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

California State AG+319d

New Hampshire State AG+319d

Maine State AG+319d

Massachusetts State AG+319d

Oregon State AG+319d

Washington State AG+319d

Montana State AG+319d

Vermont State AG+319d · this page

South Carolina State AG+320d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Nov 17 (SC) — a 320-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-11-16-systems-east-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 16, 2023
Raw hash: 28489dd86063ba1ce1c8836e5f51d4ca461b761345d26788ccd165e4f1e5d7ed

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySystems East, Inc.

Victim entitySystems East, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 25, 2023

Stated responseIdentified and stopped the unauthorized access

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov