HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

TMX Finance Corporate Services, Inc.

bd_bd98a7f2a34d9a6c · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 13, 2023

Filed

Aug 23, 2023

To disclose

27 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for TMX Finance Corporate Services, Inc. →2 incidents on file

TMX Finance Corporate Services, Inc. detected suspicious activity on February 13, 2023. Investigation revealed unauthorized access starting in early December 2022, with data potentially acquired between February 3-14, 2023. Personal information including names and potentially SSNs was impacted. The company contained the breach, reset passwords, and offered credit monitoring.

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California clockDiscovered Feb 13, 2023 → Notified Mar 30, 202345d ✓ CA 60-day OK27 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 74 days

discovery → filing · 27 weeks / 191 days

Dec 1, 2022

Begins

Feb 13, 2023

Discovered

Aug 23, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+19 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_28437012cc84b1952023-08-23Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_f6bc7e246106af872023-08-23Verified

Name: TMX Finance Corporate Services, Inc.
norm: tmx finance corporate services
Domain: tmxfinancefamily.com

Name: TMX Finance Corporate Services, Inc.
norm: tmx finance corporate
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 13, 2023
Breach occurred: Dec 1, 2022 – Feb 14, 2023
Undetected for: 74 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 30, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement

During the incident: Detected suspicious activity on our systems
Retained global forensic cybersecurity experts
Notified law enforcement
Contained and eliminated the unauthorized activity on our systems
Continued to monitor our systems for any suspicious activity
Implemented additional security features, such as additional endpoint protection and monitoring
Reset all employee passwords
Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through Experian IdentityWorks
Changes made: Implemented additional security features, such as additional endpoint protection and monitoring
Reset all employee passwords
Continuing to evaluate ways to further enhance the security of our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 weeks(191 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 45d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Feb 13, 2023
→ Notified: Mar 30, 2023
45d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Feb 13, 2023 → Notified: Mar 30, 2023	45d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Maine State AGAug 23 · first

New Hampshire State AGAug 23 · first

California State AGAug 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/sb24-572306
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 23, 2023
Raw hash: a5b666415819abb54fae820fb43edd82d4a6c5dd0673f5930a3a58410c524f9b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTMX Finance Corporate Services, Inc.

Victim entityTMX Finance Corporate Services, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 13, 2023

Stated responseDetected suspicious activity on our systems

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov