DisclosureLens
HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

THE WESTERN UNION COMPANY

bd_da2abc7a4692f289 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 5, 2013

Filed

Oct 29, 2013

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

13state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for THE WESTERN UNION COMPANY →3 incidents on file

Western Union disclosed a security vulnerability on its prepaid website/gateway allowing unauthorized users to bypass card verification checks. Unauthorized users funded money transfers using legitimate customers' prepaid cards between Sept 3-5, 2013. Western Union detected the issue on Sept 5, 2013, corrected the vulnerability on Sept 6, and notified affected individuals. Approximately 13 NH residents were affected. Data included names, addresses, emails, phone numbers, and prepaid card numbers.

Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days
discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 54 days

Sep 3, 2013

Begins

Sep 5, 2013

Discovered

Oct 29, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
New Hampshire State AGOct 29 · first · this page
Massachusetts State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Oct 29 (NH), last Nov 4 (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.