HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)LowContained

Premier Auto Credit

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 10, 2025

Filed

Dec 23, 2025

To disclose

13 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Premier Auto Credit →

Premier Auto Credit notified the California Attorney General of a data security incident where unauthorized access occurred between January 11 and January 15, 2025. The company discovered the incident on December 10, 2025, after forensic investigation confirmed that personal information, including full names, may have been copied from their network. The company engaged external cybersecurity professionals, secured its systems, and is offering credit monitoring and fraud assistance to affected individuals.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d13 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 333 days

discovery → filing · 13 days

Jan 11, 2025

Begins

Dec 10, 2025

Discovered

Dec 23, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitecloakbd_99a61521717849ee2025-01-29 · +327dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_a39bbf46a41def8e2025-12-23Verified by operator
Nebraska State AGbd_af9066127b56b9b72025-12-23Verified

Name: Premier Auto Credit
norm: premier auto credit
Domain: premierautocredit.com

Name: Premier Auto Credit
norm: premier auto credit
Domain: premierautocredit.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 10, 2025
Breach occurred: Jan 11, 2025 – Jan 15, 2025
Undetected for: 333 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Took steps to ensure the security of our systems
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Worked very closely with external cybersecurity professionals experienced in handling these types of situations to assist us in determining the full extent of the incident and the scope of any data impacted
Conducted an extensive forensic investigation and internal manual document review
Offering a complimentary month membership to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services
Providing proactive fraud assistance to help with any questions you might have or in event that you become a victim of fraud
Set up a dedicated and confidential toll-free response line to respond to questions
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify our practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of your personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 days(13 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGDec 23 · first

Nebraska State AGDec 23 · first

California State AGDec 23 · 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-616215
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 23, 2025
Raw hash: 469d94dc31744ca59a57b1a2f6fe08f024a8eb9efca04b3170d86671e032ef9e

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPremier Auto Credit

Victim entityPremier Auto Credit

Incidentdiscovered Dec 10, 2025

Stated responseTook steps to ensure the security of our systems

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov