HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDCredentialsEmploymentFinancial accountPIIHighResolved

FlexShopper, LLC

bd_4f48d3700e254e9f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Aug 30, 2017

Filed

Oct 6, 2017

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

4,094state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for FlexShopper, LLC →

FlexShopper, LLC notified customers that on August 30, 2017, a database containing customer information was inadvertently accessible on the Internet. Exposed data included names, SSNs, passwords, and financial info. The incident was resolved, and affected individuals were offered 12 months of credit monitoring via ID Experts.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due5 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 37 days

Aug 30, 2017

Discovered

Oct 6, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_1c2016df7fe6b54b2017-10-05 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_0da1027dfd9ca69f2017-10-03 · +3dVerified
Montana State AGbd_6aa7df82a8a2b2ca2017-10-03 · +3dCandidate
California State AGbd_78f8f9ac2aeae15e2017-10-03 · +3dVerified

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Washington State AGbd_83d9b5291452e3352017-10-03 · +3dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_a994362b47b761ca2017-10-03 · +3dVerified

Name: FlexShopper, LLC
norm: flexshopper

Name: FlexShopper, LLC
norm: flexshopper
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 30, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4,094state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDCredentialsEmploymentFinancial accountPII
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection

During the incident: Commenced an investigation with the help of computer experts
Arranged with ID Experts to provide MyIDCare services
Reviewing and revising information security policies and procedures
Taking databases offline
Conducting a comprehensive security assessment
Changes made: Reviewing and revising information security policies and procedures
Taking databases offline
Conducting a comprehensive security assessment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(37 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Massachusetts State AGOct 3 · first

Montana State AGOct 3 · first

California State AGOct 3 · first

Washington State AGOct 3 · first

New Hampshire State AGOct 3 · first

Oregon State AG+2d

South Carolina State AG+3d · 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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2017/FlexShopper.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 6, 2017
Raw hash: f6b0f0ce806f9c3072e9a9925af97e3d098e748a03c017687b20224b1fd172a8

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFlexShopper, LLC

Victim entityFlexShopper, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Aug 30, 2017

Stated responseCommenced an investigation with the help of computer experts

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov