HackingFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedAuthenticationCredentialsFinancial accountHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDPHIMediumResolved

LENDUS, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 21, 2021

Filed

Jan 19, 2022

To disclose

29 days

Affected

696state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for LENDUS, LLC →2 incidents on file

LendUS, LLC reported a phishing incident affecting 696 Washington residents. Unauthorized access to employee email accounts occurred between Feb 2 and Mar 22, 2021. LendUS discovered the breach on Dec 21, 2021, after reviewing accessed emails for PII including SSNs, driver's licenses, financial accounts, and health info. Notifications were mailed Jan 19, 2022. Remediation included MFA, password resets, and security training.

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Washington clock✓ WA AG ≤30d29 days 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 · 322 days

discovery → filing · 29 days

Feb 2, 2021

Begins

Dec 21, 2021

Discovered

Jan 19, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_6790273c223c0d322022-01-19Verified
California State AGbd_87db8f014dfc07b32022-01-19Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_9a3e6b812dd9fdeb2022-01-19Verified
Oregon State AGbd_b44ce707c8fe0b562022-01-19Verified

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Montana State AGbd_b92ed46c617793be2022-01-19Verified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_c5ab35b163963f922022-01-19Verified
Maine State AGbd_f4cb33939803f7292022-01-19Verified

Name: LENDUS, LLC
norm: lendus

Name: LENDUS, LLC
norm: lendus
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 21, 2021
Breach occurred: Feb 2, 2021 – Mar 22, 2021
Undetected for: 322 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 19, 2022
Affected individuals: 696state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCredentialsHealth (basic)Authentication
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberFinancial account numberPassport numberHealth insurance IDMedical informationUsername + password
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 300-399dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure the email accounts
Began an investigation with the assistance of a cybersecurity firm
Reviewed the emails and attachments that could have been accessed or downloaded
Established a dedicated call center
Offering each of the Washington residents whose Social Security number or driver’s licenses number was found in the emails and attachments a complimentary, one-year membership to credit monitoring, fraud consultation, and identity theft restoration services through Equifax
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards and technical security measures
Universal password reset
Multi-factor authentication
Providing additional email security awareness training to employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 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 · 8 filings · 8 states

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Indiana State AGJan 19 · first

California State AGJan 19 · first

New Hampshire State AGJan 19 · first

Oregon State AGJan 19 · first

Montana State AGJan 19 · first

Massachusetts State AGJan 19 · first

Maine State AGJan 19 · first

Washington State AGJan 19 · first · 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/BreachA5269.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 19, 2022
Raw hash: 1b348bb2208424cc76dee0f854467c31087714002ef1939357ed1b82fd9a0468

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLENDUS, LLC

Victim entityLENDUS, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Dec 21, 2021

Stated responseTook steps to secure the email accounts

ComplianceWA AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com