UnknownFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Advance America, Cash Advance Centers of Washington, LLC

bd_ac3277a54a673a57 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 7, 2023

Filed

Aug 21, 2023

To disclose

28 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Advance America, Cash Advance Centers of Washington, LLC →

Advance America, Cash Advance Centers of California, LLC reported a data security incident occurring on February 7, 2023. An unauthorized actor accessed corporate business records containing personal information of customers who applied for loans or financial services. The company engaged third-party cybersecurity experts, reported the incident to law enforcement, and implemented additional security measures. Affected individuals were offered one year of identity monitoring and protection services through Kroll.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 28 weeks / 195 days

Feb 7, 2023

Begins

Feb 7, 2023

Discovered

Aug 21, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+19 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_5043b9bd435535372023-09-06 · +16dCandidate
Oregon State AGbd_7666431296fbd8e92023-09-07 · +17dVerified

Name: Advance America, Cash Advance Centers of Washington, LLC
norm: advance america cash advance centers of washington

Name: Advance America, Cash Advance Centers of Washington, LLC
norm: advance america cash advance centers of washington
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 7, 2023
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unknown
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported this incident to law enforcement

During the incident: Launched an investigation to better understand the scope and impact of 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
Deployed leading industry security tools and improved monitoring
Enhanced administrative and technical safeguards
Instituted more frequent and rigorous security training
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring and protection services at no cost to you for one year
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures to further fortify its network’s security measures and protocols
Deployed leading industry security tools and improved monitoring
Enhanced administrative and technical safeguards
Instituted more frequent and rigorous security training
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 weeks(195 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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California State AGAug 21 · first · this page

Washington State AG+16d

Oregon State AG+17d

Pattern: first filing Aug 21 (CA), last Sep 7 (OR) — a 17-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-572188
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 21, 2023
Raw hash: 1765c43817010daae92276c487f22004acdad67560811cbb981c7ee8257d6ecb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAdvance America, Cash Advance Centers of Washington, LLC

Victim entityAdvance America, Cash Advance Centers of Washington, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Feb 7, 2023

Stated responseLaunched an investigation to better understand the scope and impact of the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov