AccidentalFinancial ServicesFinanceMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDCredentialsFinancial accountEmploymentMediumResolved

FlexShopper, LLC

bd_6aa7df82a8a2b2ca · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 30, 2017

Filed

Oct 3, 2017

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

291state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for FlexShopper, LLC →

FlexShopper notified customers that on August 30, 2017, a database containing customer PII (names, SSNs, DOBs, financial info) was inadvertently accessible on the internet. The incident was resolved, systems secured, and affected individuals offered 12 months of credit monitoring via ID Experts.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 34 days

Aug 30, 2017

Discovered

Oct 3, 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

Massachusetts State AGbd_0da1027dfd9ca69f2017-10-03Verified
California State AGbd_78f8f9ac2aeae15e2017-10-03Verified
Washington State AGbd_83d9b5291452e3352017-10-03Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_a994362b47b761ca2017-10-03Verified

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Oregon State AGbd_1c2016df7fe6b54b2017-10-05 · +2dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_4f48d3700e254e9f2017-10-06 · +3dVerified

Name: FlexShopper, LLC
norm: flexshopper
Domain: flexshopper.com

Name: FlexShopper, LLC
norm: flexshopper
Domain: flexshopper.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 30, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 1, 2017
Affected individuals: 291state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government IDCredentialsFinancial accountEmployment
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

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

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(34 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Massachusetts State AGOct 3 · first

California State AGOct 3 · first

Washington State AGOct 3 · first

New Hampshire State AGOct 3 · first

Montana State AGOct 3 · first · this page

Oregon State AG+2d

South Carolina State AG+3d

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/FlexShopper.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 3, 2017
Raw hash: cc7d1ac21d8a5794fd1f408bd7f5b43b57afc764d406f3da9a2c107035f7b55a

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

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov