HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceVulnerability ExploitSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountBiometricMediumActive

BYTE FEDERAL, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 18, 2024

Filed

Dec 11, 2024

To disclose

23 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for BYTE FEDERAL, INC. →2 incidents on file

Byte Federal Inc. disclosed a security breach discovered on November 18, 2024, where an unauthorized actor exploited a vulnerability in third-party software to access a server. The breach occurred on September 30, 2024. Affected data includes names, birthdates, addresses, phone numbers, emails, government-issued IDs, SSNs, transaction activity, and photographs. The company shut down its platform, isolated the attacker, reset customer accounts, and engaged forensic investigators. The investigation is ongoing.

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California clockDiscovered Nov 18, 2024 → Notified Dec 1, 202413d ✓ CA 60-day OK23 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 49 days

discovery → filing · 23 days

Sep 30, 2024

Begins

Nov 18, 2024

Discovered

Dec 11, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

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

Montana State AGbd_0db76d11ece12d452024-12-11Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_111cf969e08f8a6a2024-12-11Verified
Maine State AGbd_8379555c684c474b2024-12-11Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_49c9872bc3fd72642024-12-13 · +2dVerified

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Oregon State AGbd_daeb670bbf3e3f522024-12-13 · +2dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_f41748cfed1fc8a22024-12-13 · +2dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_bac8660828954ab92024-12-16 · +5dVerified

Name: BYTE FEDERAL, INC.
norm: byte federal
Domain: bytefederal.com

Name: BYTE FEDERAL, INC.
norm: byte federal
Domain: bytefederal.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 18, 2024
Breach occurred: Sep 30, 2024
Undetected for: 49 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 1, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountBiometric
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Cooperating with law enforcement
Third party: via Third-party software provider
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Shut down our platform
Isolated the bad actor
Secured the compromised server
Performed a hard reset on all customer accounts
Sent notice of the incident to our users via mail
Issued a press release on our website
Updated all of our internal passwords, password management system, tokens and keys for our network
Engaged an independent cybersecurity team to conduct a forensic investigation
Cooperating with law enforcement
Changes made: Made immediate enhancements to our systems, security, and practices
Updated all of our internal passwords, password management system, tokens and keys for our network
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 days(23 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 13d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Nov 18, 2024
→ Notified: Dec 1, 2024
13d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Nov 18, 2024 → Notified: Dec 1, 2024	13d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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Montana State AGDec 11 · first

Massachusetts State AGDec 11 · first

Maine State AGDec 11 · first

California State AGDec 11 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+2d

Oregon State AG+2d

South Carolina State AG+2d

Vermont State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Dec 11 (MT), last Dec 16 (VT) — a 5-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-595939
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 11, 2024
Raw hash: f19ec24ec8542fe13fc0d6835877b255d0342dad99b7e83b168f7d11acd35493

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBYTE FEDERAL, INC.

Victim entityBYTE FEDERAL, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Nov 18, 2024

Stated responseShut down our platform

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov