HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceVulnerability ExploitTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

Auto Approve, LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 15, 2019

Filed

Nov 1, 2019

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

2,654state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Auto Approve, LLC →

Auto Approve, LLC notified individuals of a data breach discovered on September 15, 2019, where a security researcher identified a system vulnerability exposed after a maintenance release. Personal information including names, SSNs, DOBs, and loan/vehicle data was accessible for approximately three weeks. No evidence of actual identity theft was found. Auto Approve remediated the issue and offered 24 months of credit monitoring via TransUnion.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due7 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 47 days

Sep 15, 2019

Begins

Sep 15, 2019

Discovered

Nov 1, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_44b17dea724fc9132019-10-28 · +4dVerified
Montana State AGbd_51b08a2737b12a6a2019-10-28 · +4dCandidate
California State AGbd_5e4925cd13b6b0e02019-10-28 · +4dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_63828ec7be9499772019-10-28 · +4dVerified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_6ebe7445d6cbea3e2019-10-28 · +4dVerified

Name: Auto Approve, LLC
norm: auto approve

Name: Auto Approve, LLC
norm: auto approve
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 15, 2019
Breach occurred: Sep 15, 2019 – Oct 6, 2019
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,654state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Immediately remediated the vulnerability and re-secured the information
Offered 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through TransUnion
Changes made: Remediated system vulnerability following maintenance release
Re-secured the information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(47 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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New Hampshire State AGOct 28 · first

Montana State AGOct 28 · first

California State AGOct 28 · first

Oregon State AGOct 28 · first

Massachusetts State AGOct 28 · first

South Carolina State AG+4d · 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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2019/AutoApprove%2CLLC.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 1, 2019
Raw hash: b38d23e59cf9c9b11cad9da994486103dcc0c0c29a27753babcfd7ff13da06f0

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAuto Approve, LLC

Victim entityAuto Approve, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Sep 15, 2019

Stated responseImmediately remediated the vulnerability and re-secured the information

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov