HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Identity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

First Financial Merchant Services, LLC

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 18, 2022

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for First Financial Merchant Services, LLC →

First Financial Merchant Services, LLC d/b/a Payscape reported unauthorized access to a legacy computer system from acquired entity Billing Orchard, LLC. The incident occurred between May 2017 and May 2019. Affected data included names and credit/debit card numbers with expiration dates. The company engaged forensic investigators and enhanced security protocols.

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Incident timeline

May 1, 2017

Begins

Mar 18, 2022

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: First Financial Merchant Services, LLC
norm: first financial merchant

Name: First Financial Merchant Services, LLC
norm: first financial merchant
Also named: First Financial Merchant Services, LLCdba oflegal entity
Payscapedba oftrade name
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: May 1, 2017 – May 31, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unknown
Threat actor: External
Third party: via Billing Orchard, LLCacquired entity

During the incident: Took steps to assure the security of our network
Began the investigation
Engaged a forensic investigation firm to assist
Changes made: Enhanced our existing security protocols and technical defenses
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/sb24-551823
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 18, 2022
Raw hash: ab6c415d511c69229460c868272c1103b826640265af09349fc016b5a343d93e

Reporting entityFirst Financial Merchant Services, LLC

Victim entityFirst Financial Merchant Services, LLC

IncidentUnknown

Stated responseTook steps to assure the security of our network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov