HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Advance America, Cash Advance Centers of Montana, Inc

bd_a6826524a3525431 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 7, 2023

Filed

Aug 15, 2023

To disclose

27 weeks

Affected

1,280state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Advance America, Cash Advance Centers of Montana, Inc →

Advance America, Cash Advance Centers of Montana, Inc notified Montana residents of a data breach occurring on or around February 7, 2023. An unauthorized actor accessed corporate business records containing personal information. The company engaged third-party experts, reported to law enforcement, and offered one year of identity monitoring via Kroll.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 27 weeks / 189 days

Feb 7, 2023

Begins

Feb 7, 2023

Discovered

Aug 15, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+19 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,280 affectedView incident

Name: Advance America, Cash Advance Centers of Montana, Inc
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Name: Advance America, Cash Advance Centers of Montana, Inc
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Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 7, 2023
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 7, 2023
Affected individuals: 1,280state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported this incident to law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged third-party cybersecurity experts to remediate, further investigate what happened, and determine the scope of the incident
Reported this incident to law enforcement
Implemented additional security measures to further fortify its network’s security measures and protocols
Enhanced administrative and technical safeguards
Instituted more frequent and rigorous security training
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring and protection services
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures to further fortify its network’s security measures and protocols
Enhanced administrative and technical safeguards
Instituted more frequent and rigorous security training
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 weeks(189 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-561.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 15, 2023
Raw hash: b7c2b70adc004b7a55d6541a391d86006e218d92c55858d2cfe051f4ae70d3e4

Reporting entityAdvance America, Cash Advance Centers of Montana, Inc

Victim entityAdvance America, Cash Advance Centers of Montana, Inc

Incidentdiscovered Feb 7, 2023

Stated responseEngaged third-party cybersecurity experts to remediate, further investigate what happened, and determine the scope of the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov