HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataTargetedData ExfiltratedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)PCIMediumContained

Systems East, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 25, 2023

Filed

Nov 16, 2023

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

2,753state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for Systems East, Inc. →

Systems East, Inc. reported that on August 25, 2023, an unknown individual temporarily accessed its network and copied an encrypted database file containing payment cardholder names, card numbers, and expiration dates. The breach affected 2,753 Washington residents. Notice was sent on November 16, 2023. The database was encrypted and lacked CVV or magnetic stripe data.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d12 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 · 12 weeks / 83 days

Aug 25, 2023

Begins

Aug 25, 2023

Discovered

Nov 16, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_112c0a336a9f0b372023-11-16Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_336709c286ddb2892023-11-16Verified
Vermont State AGbd_35d2d3bab9fb5f292023-11-16Verified
Maine State AGbd_3cd8525ae90d49352023-11-16Verified

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 319d gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_4ae0481f42c6f6252023-11-16Verified
Oregon State AGbd_9db41fccc59757642023-11-16Verified
Montana State AGbd_fe09656762736c342023-11-16Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_fba5265b07c117832023-11-17 · +1dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_fa3f260c221a57e72023-01-01 · +319dCandidate

Name: Systems East, Inc.
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Name: Systems East, Inc.
norm: systems east
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 25, 2023
Breach occurred: Aug 25, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 16, 2023
Affected individuals: 2,753state-resident count only
Data types: PCIIdentity (basic)
Data elements: NameFinancial account number
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 0dexposure 0d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Providing written notice of this matter to relevant state regulators, as necessary
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Completed an investigation
Identified contact information for the potentially affected individuals
Notified the Card Brands to assist with monitoring the payment cardholders’ card numbers
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing individuals with information on how to place a fraud alert and security freeze on one’s credit file
Providing information on how to obtain a free credit report
Providing written notice of this matter to relevant state regulators
Providing written notice to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Changes made: Evaluating its technical security measures and policies to mitigate the risk of a matter like this reoccurring
Implemented enhancements to mitigate the risk of a matter like this reoccurring
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(83 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
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 · 10 filings · 10 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

California State AG+319d

New Hampshire State AG+319d

Vermont State AG+319d

Maine State AG+319d

Massachusetts State AG+319d

Oregon State AG+319d

Montana State AG+319d

Washington State AG+319d · this page

South Carolina State AG+320d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Nov 17 (SC) — a 320-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/BreachA27039.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 16, 2023
Raw hash: 8a36096792e2706c8309b92c662952890177c520c72ab85a77beefb0f1413deb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySystems East, Inc.

Victim entitySystems East, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 25, 2023

Stated responseCompleted an investigation

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com