MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Automatic Funds Transfer Services Inc.

bd_f3da74c8f8d50a3a · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 4, 2021

Filed

Mar 18, 2021

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for Automatic Funds Transfer Services Inc. →

Automatic Funds Transfer Services Inc. notified Montana residents of a ransomware attack on Feb 4, 2021. The breach impacted names, emails, and bank account numbers of loan servicing customers. AFTS took its network offline, engaged forensic investigators, and reported the incident to the FBI. No SSNs or credit card data were compromised.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d6 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 · 6 weeks / 42 days

Feb 4, 2021

Begins

Feb 4, 2021

Discovered

Mar 18, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

A leak claim by cuba about this victim predates this filing by 43 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitecubabd_a05387630b76eeb02021-02-03 · +43dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_662a629c7b8c53032021-03-18Verified by operator
Washington State AGbd_52b290030c5c8e932021-03-17 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_c51935c24250a0a62021-03-17 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_f7c8423ffd6c51812021-03-05 · +13dVerified

Name: Automatic Funds Transfer Services Inc.
norm: automatic funds transfer
Domain: afts.com

Name: Automatic Funds Transfer Services Inc.
norm: automatic funds transfer
Domain: afts.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 4, 2021
Breach occurred: Feb 4, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 18, 2021
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported to the Cyber Crimes Unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigations

During the incident: Took entire network offline
Hired a reputable forensic Information Technology company to respond
Reported to the Cyber Crimes Unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigations
Changes made: Discontinued working with previous network security provider
Hired a reputable IT company to build a brand-new network from the ground up
Implemented enhanced security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(42 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >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 · 5 filings · 5 states

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Maine State AGMar 5 · first

Washington State AG+12d

Massachusetts State AG+12d

Indiana State AG+13d

Montana State AG+13d · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 5 (ME), last Mar 18 (MT) — a 13-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/AFTs-notif.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 18, 2021
Raw hash: e090908edf04d288596fcfa1699626ea007cc5d967bb7e568a70812e1e8c3297

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAutomatic Funds Transfer Services Inc.

Victim entityAutomatic Funds Transfer Services Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 4, 2021

Stated responseTook entire network offline

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov