MalwareTechnologyInformationRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedRansom DemandedAuthenticationIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

Audience Rewards

bd_401d977e4f3e50e3 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 11, 2022

Filed

Aug 11, 2022

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

545state residents only

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for Audience Rewards →

Audience Rewards notified Washington AG of a ransomware incident at third-party vendor WordFly. Attackers exfiltrated member PII (name, email, location, DOB). Incident occurred July 10, 2022; discovered July 11. 545 Washington residents affected. Vendor engaged forensics; data believed deleted.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d4 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 · 1 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 31 days

Jul 10, 2022

Begins

Jul 11, 2022

Discovered

Aug 11, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed545 affectedView incident

Name: Audience Rewards
norm: audience rewards

Name: Audience Rewards
norm: audience rewards
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Jul 11, 2022
Breach occurred: Jul 10, 2022
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 11, 2022
Affected individuals: 545state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Data elements: NameDate of birthUsername + password
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed notification with Washington Attorney General
Third party: via WordFly
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Engaged digital forensics and cybersecurity experts
Continued to monitor the situation with WordFly
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(31 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.

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/BreachA14445.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 11, 2022
Raw hash: 8b249d755fd65924960974f946b0539e1e82f55965a2f2be435eb13905bf0f6b

Reporting entityAudience Rewards

Victim entityAudience Rewards

Incidentdiscovered Jul 11, 2022

Stated responseEngaged digital forensics and cybersecurity experts

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com