HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPIICriticalContained

TMX Finance Family of Companies

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Feb 13, 2023

Filed

Mar 30, 2023

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

382,586state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for TMX Finance Family of Companies →3 incidents on file

TMX Finance LLC reported a data breach where unauthorized access occurred between early December 2022 and February 14, 2023. Suspicious activity was detected on February 13, 2023. The incident involved personal information including names, SSNs, driver's licenses, and financial account data. The incident is contained; forensic experts were retained and the FBI notified. Credit monitoring offered.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due6 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 74 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 45 days

Dec 1, 2022

Begins

Feb 13, 2023

Discovered

Mar 30, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Delaware State AGbd_2eced1a90f9aa6072023-08-23 · +146dVerified

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

Name: TMX Finance Family of Companies
norm: tmx finance family of companies
Domain: tmxfinancefamily.com
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: 382,586state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPII
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBI
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Retained global forensic cybersecurity experts
Notified the FBI
Implemented additional security features, such as additional endpoint protection and monitoring
Resetting all employee passwords
Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through Experian Identity Works for a period of 12 months
Changes made: Implemented additional security features, such as additional endpoint protection and monitoring
Resetting all employee passwords
Continue to evaluate ways to further enhance the security of our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(45 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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South Carolina State AGMar 30 · first · this page

Delaware State AG+146d

Pattern: first filing Mar 30 (SC), last Aug 23 (DE) — a 146-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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2023/TMX.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 30, 2023
Raw hash: 9ee343484d8852695de502787e9b4e1eb11323f4d0527b7f4a8ffd56aca2cb93

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTMX Finance Corporate Services, Inc.

Victim entityTMX Finance Family of Companies

Incidentdiscovered Feb 13, 2023

Stated responseRetained global forensic cybersecurity experts

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov