HackingTechnologyInformationSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

PFU America

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 27, 2021

Filed

Sep 17, 2021

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for PFU America →

PFU America, Inc. disclosed a data security incident affecting payment card information entered on fujitsuscannerstore.com between November 30, 2020, and July 27, 2021. The site is hosted by a third-party vendor. On July 27, 2021, PFU learned of suspicious activity and took the site offline. Affected data includes names, addresses, credit/debit card numbers, expiration dates, and security codes (CVV). PFU engaged cybersecurity specialists, secured the site, implemented additional access controls, and offered free identity theft protection services through IDX.

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California clockDiscovered Jul 27, 2021 → Notified Sep 17, 202152d ✓ CA 60-day OK7 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 239 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 52 days

Nov 30, 2020

Begins

Jul 27, 2021

Discovered

Sep 17, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_4059f3e1ebf2b61f2021-09-17Verified
Maine State AGbd_55c849d81dd270b02021-09-17Candidate
Montana State AGbd_8eeed4df369470122021-09-17Verified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_d9c6cd38af888e042021-09-17Verified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_466167c15cda85d92021-09-23 · +6dVerified

Name: PFU America
norm: pfu america

Name: PFU America
norm: pfu america
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Jul 27, 2021
Breach occurred: Nov 30, 2020 – Jul 27, 2021
Undetected for: 239 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 17, 2021
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: External
Third party: via Third-party vendor hosting fujitsuscannerstore.com
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Brought the site offline
Hired independent cybersecurity specialists to assist
Worked with vendor to ensure they were also conducting an investigation
Secured the site
Implemented additional security controls
Implemented additional access controls
Required the vendor to conduct a scan of the site to ensure the site is clean
Offering identity theft protection services through IDX at no charge
Changes made: Implemented additional security controls to protect information submitted through the site
Implemented additional access controls
Required the vendor to conduct a scan of the site to ensure the site is clean
Investigating whether there are other controls that can be implemented to increase the security of the site
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(52 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 52d
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: Jul 27, 2021
→ Notified: Sep 17, 2021
52d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jul 27, 2021 → Notified: Sep 17, 2021	52d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Indiana State AGSep 17 · first

Maine State AGSep 17 · first

Montana State AGSep 17 · first

New Hampshire State AGSep 17 · first

California State AGSep 17 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Sep 17 (IN), last Sep 23 (MA) — a 6-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/sb24-545480
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 17, 2021
Raw hash: 7c3b3d90d2ba0812ff0d9dab45aaacecd339c6186f05d1ddb0644e00b4936d4c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPFU America

Victim entityPFU America

Incidentdiscovered Jul 27, 2021

Stated responseBrought the site offline

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov