MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedAuthenticationIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Pawn America Minnesota, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 28, 2021

Filed

Dec 6, 2021

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

748state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Pawn America Minnesota, LLC →2 incidents on file

Pawn America Minnesota, LLC reported a ransomware attack on September 28, 2021, affecting 748 Washington residents. The attacker encrypted systems and exfiltrated PII including names, addresses, SSNs, and driver's licenses. Notifications were sent in November 2021. The company engaged Coveware and Palo Alto Networks for response and provided credit monitoring.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d10 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 · 10 weeks / 69 days

Sep 28, 2021

Begins

Sep 28, 2021

Discovered

Dec 6, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

South Carolina State AGbd_7eea7dc1780992902021-12-14 · +8dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_4707bc264872a6db2021-11-23 · +13dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_14f1f584d87b2e662021-11-22 · +14dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_abd59b9379c11c5d2021-11-22 · +14dVerified

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 17d gap

Maine State AGbd_1cb8803a201fac1d2021-11-19 · +17dCandidate
California State AGbd_fd91e2de57e28f3e2021-11-19 · +17dVerified

Name: Stinson LLP
norm: stinson

Name: Pawn America Minnesota, LLC
norm: pawn america minnesota
Domain: pawnamerica.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Sep 28, 2021
Breach occurred: Sep 28, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 19, 2021
Affected individuals: 748state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberPassport numberUsername + password
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1595 Active Scanning
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Office of the Attorney General

During the incident: Conducted a review of the potentially affected records and computer system
Working with cybersecurity experts to remove any remnants of this incident from our systems and improve our security
Informed law enforcement to ensure the incident is properly addressed
Provided free identity monitoring services through our service provider, Epiq
Opened a call center to answer any questions and provide additional information
Updated our written information security policy
Deployed Cortex cyberincident detection software from our third party forensic investigation provider, Palo Alto Networks — Unit 42
Changes made: Updated our written information security policy
Deployed Cortex cyberincident detection software from our third party forensic investigation provider, Palo Alto Networks — Unit 42
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(69 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
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 · 7 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗

Maine State AGNov 19 · first

California State AGNov 19 · first

Oregon State AG+3d

Indiana State AG+3d

Massachusetts State AG+4d

Washington State AG+17d · this page

South Carolina State AG+25d

Pattern: first filing Nov 19 (ME), last Dec 14 (SC) — a 25-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/BreachM11282.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 6, 2021
Raw hash: 21168f54121de86ae062f451550d12d05f408e5ad60304ebb36f758203859924

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityStinson LLP

Victim entityPawn America Minnesota, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Sep 28, 2021

Stated responseConducted a review of the potentially affected records and computer system

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com