MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Automatic Funds Transfer Services Inc.

bd_52b290030c5c8e93 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 4, 2021

Filed

Mar 17, 2021

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

695state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Automatic Funds Transfer Services Inc. →

Automatic Funds Transfer Services Inc. reported a ransomware attack on Feb 4, 2021, affecting 695 Washington residents. Names, emails, and bank routing numbers were exfiltrated. The company took the network offline, hired forensic investigators, and notified the FBI. Notices were sent on March 18, 2021.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d6 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 41 days

Feb 4, 2021

Begins

Feb 4, 2021

Discovered

Mar 17, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitecubabd_a05387630b76eeb02021-02-03 · +42dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_c51935c24250a0a62021-03-17Verified
Indiana State AGbd_662a629c7b8c53032021-03-18 · +1dVerified by operator
Montana State AGbd_f3da74c8f8d50a3a2021-03-18 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_f7c8423ffd6c51812021-03-05 · +12dVerified

Name: Automatic Funds Transfer Services Inc.
norm: automatic funds transfer
Domain: afts.com

Name: Automatic Funds Transfer Services Inc.
norm: automatic funds transfer
Domain: afts.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 4, 2021
Breach occurred: Feb 4, 2021 – Feb 8, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 18, 2021
Affected individuals: 695state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Financial account
Data elements: NameFinancial account number
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoing
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported to the Cyber Crimes Unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigations

During the incident: Hired a reputable forensic Information Technology company to immediately contain the ongoing threat
Took the entire network offline
Reported to the Cyber Crimes Unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigations
Hired a Seattle base technology company to build a new network
Upgraded security systems on the new network
Implemented additional security measures
Changes made: Discontinued working with the previous network security provider
Built a brand-new network from the ground up
Enhanced security measures designed to reduce the risk of any future incidents
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(41 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30dWA AG >30d
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 · 5 filings · 5 states

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Maine State AGMar 5 · first

Massachusetts State AG+12d

Washington State AG+12d · this page

Indiana State AG+13d

Montana State AG+13d

Pattern: first filing Mar 5 (ME), last Mar 18 (MT) — a 13-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/BreachM10427.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 17, 2021
Raw hash: 0b53b8aa4d2a1f92c6e6ce6685eefafaa170520ef776a19b9d6aac530735b862

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAutomatic Funds Transfer Services Inc.

Victim entityAutomatic Funds Transfer Services Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 4, 2021

Stated responseHired a reputable forensic Information Technology company to immediately contain the ongoing threat

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com