MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedIdentity (basic)Government IDPIIHighContained

Advance America, Cash Advance Centers of Washington, LLC

bd_5043b9bd43553537 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 7, 2023

Filed

Sep 6, 2023

To disclose

30 weeks

Affected

26,092state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Advance America, Cash Advance Centers of Washington, LLC →

Advance America, Cash Advance Centers of Washington, LLC reported a ransomware incident on February 7, 2023, affecting 26,092 Washington residents. The attacker accessed corporate business records containing personal information. The company engaged forensic experts, notified law enforcement, and offered one year of identity monitoring services via Kroll.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d30 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 30 weeks / 211 days

Feb 7, 2023

Begins

Feb 7, 2023

Discovered

Sep 6, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+22 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_7666431296fbd8e92023-09-07 · +1dVerified
California State AGbd_ac3277a54a673a572023-08-21 · +16dVerified

Name: Advance America, Cash Advance Centers of Washington, LLC
norm: advance america cash advance centers of washington

Name: Advance America, Cash Advance Centers of Washington, LLC
norm: advance america cash advance centers of washington
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 7, 2023
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 26,092state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberDate of birthPassport number
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 0dexposure 0d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported this incident to law enforcement

During 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
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures to further fortify its network’s security measures and protocols
Enhanced administrative and technical safeguards
Instituted more frequent and rigorous security training
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 30 weeks(211 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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California State AGAug 21 · first

Washington State AG+16d · this page

Oregon State AG+17d

Pattern: first filing Aug 21 (CA), last Sep 7 (OR) — a 17-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA26429.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 6, 2023
Raw hash: bcabbe12e081c8b606f3dc30b58c0f906211a7287c586316d4f3b94955a3d920

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAdvance America, Cash Advance Centers of Washington, LLC

Victim entityAdvance America, Cash Advance Centers of Washington, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Feb 7, 2023

Stated responseEngaged third-party cybersecurity experts to remediate, further investigate what happened, and determine the scope of the incident

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com