HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES

bd_a3bbd1f93a1ecd79 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 12, 2023

Filed

Mar 19, 2024

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES →104 incidents on file

Discover Financial Services notified the NH Attorney General of a security incident on March 19, 2024. On Dec 12, 2023, the company learned a relative of an employee (non-employee) potentially accessed personal information stored in the employee's work area. One NH resident was affected. No misuse indicated. Company provided notification and 2 years of Experian IdentityWorks monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 98 days

Dec 12, 2023

Discovered

Mar 19, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES
norm: discover financial

Name: DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES
norm: discover financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 12, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 6, 2024
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General John Formella Consumer Protection Bureau
Initial access: trusted_relationship

During the incident: Launched an internal investigation
Reiterated its employee training and procedures on the storage of customer information
Provided written notification of this incident
Arranged to provide identity theft and fraud monitoring services
Changes made: Reiterated its employee training and procedures on the storage of customer information to avoid incidents like this occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(98 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/discover-financial-services-20240319.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 19, 2024
Raw hash: 991d4140090093cf437a2ac02a7e8127beba7d229adc975327fb7145ac67827a

Reporting entityDISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES

Victim entityDISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES

Incidentdiscovered Dec 12, 2023

Stated responseLaunched an internal investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov