HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Advance America

bd_44ea510f141a9b17 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 7, 2023

Filed

Aug 15, 2023

To disclose

27 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 records

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Advance America →

Advance America, Cash Advance Centers of Vermont notified consumers of a data security incident discovered on February 7, 2023, following a temporary systems outage. An unauthorized actor accessed corporate business records containing personal information of customers who applied for loans or financial services. The company engaged third-party cybersecurity experts, reported the incident to law enforcement, and implemented additional security measures including enhanced monitoring and training. Identity monitoring services were offered to affected individuals.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday27 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 27 weeks / 189 days

Feb 7, 2023

Discovered

Aug 15, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+19 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by black_basta about this victim was first seen 145 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteblack_bastabd_e2398760aecf29e72023-03-23 · +144dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Delaware State AGbd_44194c52e6534a232023-08-15Verified by operator

Name: Advance America
norm: advance america
Domain: advanceamerica.net

Name: Advance America
norm: advance america
Domain: advanceamerica.net
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 7, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported this incident to law enforcement

During the incident: Launched an investigation to better understand the scope and impact of the incident
Engaged third-party cybersecurity experts to remediate, further investigate what happened, and determine the scope of the incident
Reported this incident to law enforcement
Implemented additional security measures to further fortify its network’s security measures and protocols
Deployed leading industry security tools and improved monitoring
Enhanced administrative and technical safeguards
Instituted more frequent and rigorous security training
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring and protection services at no cost to you for one year
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures to further fortify its network’s security measures and protocols
Deployed leading industry security tools and improved monitoring
Enhanced administrative and technical safeguards
Instituted more frequent and rigorous security training
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 weeks(189 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bdayLeak >90d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Delaware State AGAug 15 · first

Vermont State AGAug 15 · first · this page

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/2023-08-15-advance-america-cash-advance-centers-vermont-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 15, 2023
Raw hash: 0e817780130ddab68bfdb1cc68b210f13cdb9e4d1a74f75f45736ef00f20603c

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAdvance America

Victim entityAdvance America

Incidentdiscovered Feb 7, 2023

Stated responseLaunched an investigation to better understand the scope and impact of the incident

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov