HackingFinancial ServicesTechnologyFinanceVulnerability ExploitSupply Chain (3P Vendor)TargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDPIIMediumContained

BYTE FEDERAL, INC.

bd_bac8660828954ab9 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 18, 2024

Filed

Dec 16, 2024

To disclose

28 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for BYTE FEDERAL, INC. →

Byte Federal disclosed a security breach on November 18, 2024, where a bad actor gained unauthorized access to a server by exploiting a vulnerability in third-party software. The company shut down its platform, isolated the actor, and secured the server. Customer PII, including government IDs and SSNs, was subject to unauthorized access, though no evidence of misuse was found. No user funds were compromised. Forensic investigation is ongoing.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday28 days discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 28 days

Nov 18, 2024

Discovered

Dec 16, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_49c9872bc3fd72642024-12-13 · +3dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_daeb670bbf3e3f522024-12-13 · +3dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_f41748cfed1fc8a22024-12-13 · +3dVerified
Montana State AGbd_0db76d11ece12d452024-12-11 · +5dCandidate

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 15d gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_111cf969e08f8a6a2024-12-11 · +5dVerified
California State AGbd_43871576fda331702024-12-11 · +5dVerified
Maine State AGbd_8379555c684c474b2024-12-11 · +5dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_f3e57722d0af33592024-12-01 · +15dVerified by operator

Name: BYTE FEDERAL, INC.
norm: byte federal
Domain: bytefederal.com

Name: BYTE FEDERAL, INC.
norm: byte federal
Domain: bytefederal.com
Industry: Financial ServicesllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Nov 18, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 16, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPII
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Cooperating with law enforcement
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Shut down our platform
Isolated the bad actor
Secured the compromised server
Performed a hard reset on all customer accounts
Sent notice of the incident to our users via mail
Issued a press release on our website
Updated all of our internal passwords, password management system, tokens and keys for our network
Conducting a forensic investigation with the assistance of an independent cybersecurity team
Cooperating with law enforcement
Changes made: Made immediate enhancements to our systems, security, and practices
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 days(28 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >14 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

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Illinois State AGDec 1 · first

Montana State AG+10d

Massachusetts State AG+10d

California State AG+10d

Maine State AG+10d

New Hampshire State AG+12d

Oregon State AG+12d

South Carolina State AG+12d

Vermont State AG+15d · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 1 (IL), last Dec 16 (VT) — a 15-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-12-16-byte-federal-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 16, 2024
Raw hash: 4a554ca1932c18a5288354c2ad4a1e7136a0d9c86634f08d5a3f60ed63908540

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBYTE FEDERAL, INC.

Victim entityBYTE FEDERAL, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Nov 18, 2024

Stated responseShut down our platform

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov