HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceVulnerability ExploitTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Auto Approve, LLC

bd_51b08a2737b12a6a · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 15, 2019

Filed

Oct 28, 2019

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

173state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Auto Approve, LLC →

Auto Approve, LLC notified Montana and Rhode Island residents of a data breach where a security researcher discovered a system vulnerability following a maintenance release on September 15, 2019. Personal information including names, SSNs, DOBs, and loan/vehicle details were accessible for approximately three weeks. Auto Approve remediated the issue and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 43 days

Sep 15, 2019

Begins

Sep 15, 2019

Discovered

Oct 28, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_44b17dea724fc9132019-10-28Verified
California State AGbd_5e4925cd13b6b0e02019-10-28Verified
Oregon State AGbd_63828ec7be9499772019-10-28Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_6ebe7445d6cbea3e2019-10-28Verified

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South Carolina State AGbd_c92718bd858fb8c32019-11-01 · +4dVerified

Name: Auto Approve, LLC
norm: auto approve

Name: Auto Approve, LLC
norm: auto approve
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 15, 2019
Breach occurred: Sep 15, 2019 – Oct 6, 2019
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 173state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Immediately remediated it and re-secured the information
Offering you access to 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through TransUnion
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(43 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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New Hampshire State AGOct 28 · first

California State AGOct 28 · first

Oregon State AGOct 28 · first

Massachusetts State AGOct 28 · first

Montana State AGOct 28 · first · this page

South Carolina State AG+4d

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-15.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 28, 2019
Raw hash: 0af0c14acac2e2b9391839ba77011722310d2e41abe6b3e321592b455538a600

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAuto Approve, LLC

Victim entityAuto Approve, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Sep 15, 2019

Stated responseImmediately remediated it and re-secured the information

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov