MisuseFinancial ServicesFinancePrivilege AbuseEmployee Data InvolvedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPIIHighContained

American First Finance

bd_d4e08dc748ec0780 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Jun 4, 2024

Filed

Sep 12, 2025

To disclose

16 months

Affected

4,333state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for American First Finance →2 incidents on file

American First Finance LLC reported an insider threat incident in Washington. A former FinWise Bank employee accessed AFF data between May 31 and June 3, 2024. The incident was discovered on June 4, 2024. 4,333 Washington residents were affected. Data included names and other personal info. FinWise engaged forensic investigators and offered credit monitoring.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d16 months discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 16 months / 465 days

May 31, 2024

Begins

Jun 4, 2024

Discovered

Sep 12, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+58 wks slower

This filing is one of 10 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_204ff99cdd8ddbce2025-09-12Candidate
California State AGbd_2a17aae283cabea62025-09-12Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_aad2aa2ad1a26f012025-09-12Verified
Oregon State AGbd_ce142ad7c41172ca2025-09-12Verified

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Texas State AGbd_075ea6b96f2d99f12025-09-15 · +3dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_e152b5591b2fc0882025-09-01 · +11dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_372870435e7cee052025-07-29 · +45dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_926b4460aaecd8042025-07-29 · +45dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_b34543d57f025cb02025-07-29 · +45dCandidate

Name: American First Finance
norm: american first finance
Domain: americanfirstfinance.com
Industry: Finance

Name: American First Finance
norm: american first finance
Domain: americanfirstfinance.com
Industry: Finance
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 4, 2024
Breach occurred: May 31, 2024 – Jun 3, 2024
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4,333state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Launched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Conducted extensive forensic investigation and manual document review
Providing 12 months of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 months(465 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 10 states

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Nebraska State AGJul 29 · first

Delaware State AGJul 29 · first

Indiana State AGJul 29 · first

Illinois State AG+34d

Maine State AG+45d

California State AG+45d

Massachusetts State AG+45d

Oregon State AG+45d

Washington State AG+45d · this page

Texas State AG+48d

Pattern: first filing Jul 29 (NE), last Sep 15 (TX) — a 48-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA34650.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 12, 2025
Raw hash: b675a2c44e3a1df3b854e73c749c259dc0df6fae3849ddaed6883203bc0fb18c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAmerican First Finance

Victim entityAmerican First Finance

Incidentdiscovered Jun 4, 2024

Stated responseLaunched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com