HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMediumContained

Pathward, N.A.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 11, 2022

Filed

Nov 1, 2022

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

2,639state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Pathward, N.A. →3 incidents on file

Pathward N.A. reported a cyberattack affecting Washington residents. Unauthorized access occurred Sept 4-12, 2022, discovered Sept 11. Data exposed: names, emails, phone numbers, prepaid card numbers, expiration dates, and CVVs. 2,639 Washingtonians affected. Third-party provider Blackhawk Engagement Solutions was involved. Cards were blocked and reissued.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d7 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 51 days

Sep 4, 2022

Begins

Sep 11, 2022

Discovered

Nov 1, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_2ed03dab99fb0c732022-11-01Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_3ee14a33c37ef80e2022-11-01Verified
Oregon State AGbd_865da679f25b04562022-11-01Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_b10f529392d7c93e2022-11-01Verified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 1d gap

Maine State AGbd_f88484b4b93eeb722022-11-01Verified
Indiana State AGbd_791fa59ea17917632022-10-31 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_beae114d7254b7e12022-10-31 · +1dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_f12b26e9ca9edda32022-10-31 · +1dVerified

Name: Pathward, N.A.
norm: pathward na

Name: Pathward, N.A.
norm: pathward na
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 11, 2022
Breach occurred: Sep 4, 2022 – Sep 12, 2022
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 31, 2022
Affected individuals: 2,639state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
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: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported this incident to law enforcement
Third party: via Blackhawk Engagement Solutions
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Stopped the irregular activity on September 12, 2022
Blocked impacted Pathward Prepaid Card(s)
Reissued new card(s) where appropriate
Reported this incident to law enforcement
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(51 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

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Indiana State AGOct 31 · first

Montana State AGOct 31 · first

Delaware State AGOct 31 · first

California State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Oregon State AG+1d

South Carolina State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

Washington State AG+1d · this page

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/BreachA15980.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 1, 2022
Raw hash: 39613f86e37df55098b56e41b9d482e11cbeea05c2fa93b0af1a90c54b874920

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPathward, N.A.

Victim entityPathward, N.A.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 11, 2022

Stated responseStopped the irregular activity on September 12, 2022

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com