HackingFinancial ServicesTechnologyFinanceDelayed DiscoveryData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCredentialsCriticalActive

TIO Networks USA, Inc.

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Nov 10, 2017

Filed

Dec 28, 2017

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,600,00097,343 in this filing

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for TIO Networks USA, Inc. →2 incidents on file

TIO Networks USA, Inc., acquired by PayPal, disclosed unauthorized access to its network dating back to 2014. The breach potentially exposed customer names, contact info, SSNs, payment card info, bank account info, and credentials for approx 1.6 million individuals. PayPal suspended TIO operations and is providing free credit monitoring.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due7 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

undetected · 1409 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 48 days

Jan 1, 2014

Begins

Nov 10, 2017

Discovered

Dec 28, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_02f992f16668f2d62017-12-29 · +1dVerified
California State AGbd_2aca2c6461b4bef62017-12-22 · +6dVerified
Washington State AGbd_540cd56daf55a4912017-12-22 · +6dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_853ba53b8cb4c9372017-12-22 · +6dVerified

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 36d gap

Montana State AGbd_ed50467a44eeeed72017-12-12 · +16dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_3e4f96c39f8954b52018-02-02 · +36dVerified

Name: PAYPAL HOLDINGS, INC.
norm: paypal holdings

Name: TIO Networks USA, Inc.
norm: tio networks usa
Domain: tio.com
Also named: PayPal Holdings, Inc.operating subsidiary ofholding company
Industry: Financial ServicesllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Nov 10, 2017
Breach occurred: Jan 1, 2014
Undetected for: 1,409 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 1, 2017
Affected individuals: 1,600,000state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCredentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Suspended TIO operations
Began working with companies it services to notify potentially affected individuals
Working with a consumer credit reporting agency to provide free credit monitoring memberships
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(48 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 · 6 states

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Montana State AGDec 12 · first

California State AG+10d

Washington State AG+10d

New Hampshire State AG+10d

South Carolina State AG+16d · this page

Oregon State AG+17d

New Hampshire State AG+52d

Pattern: first filing Dec 12 (MT), last Feb 2 (NH) — a 52-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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2017/TIONetworksUSAInc..pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 28, 2017
Raw hash: ea7a542e0baa0fec3b3283445f4e77e2586d913e8412dd8614154a992fb4d9e8

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPAYPAL HOLDINGS, INC.

Victim entityTIO Networks USA, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Nov 10, 2017

Stated responseSuspended TIO operations

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov