HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceVulnerability ExploitTargetedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDPIIHighActive

BYTE FEDERAL, INC.

bd_f41748cfed1fc8a2 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Nov 18, 2024

Filed

Dec 13, 2024

To disclose

25 days

Affected

1,626state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for BYTE FEDERAL, INC. →2 incidents on file

Byte Federal disclosed a security breach on November 18, 2024, where a bad actor gained unauthorized access to a server by exploiting a third-party software vulnerability. The incident involved customer PII including names, SSNs, and government IDs. No funds were compromised. Byte Federal isolated the actor, reset credentials, and engaged forensic investigators.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due25 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 25 days

Nov 18, 2024

Discovered

Dec 13, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_49c9872bc3fd72642024-12-13Verified
Oregon State AGbd_daeb670bbf3e3f522024-12-13Verified
Montana State AGbd_0db76d11ece12d452024-12-11 · +2dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_111cf969e08f8a6a2024-12-11 · +2dVerified

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California State AGbd_43871576fda331702024-12-11 · +2dVerified
Maine State AGbd_8379555c684c474b2024-12-11 · +2dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_bac8660828954ab92024-12-16 · +3dVerified

Name: BYTE FEDERAL, INC.
norm: byte federal
Domain: bytefederal.com

Name: BYTE FEDERAL, INC.
norm: byte federal
Domain: bytefederal.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 18, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 1, 2024
Affected individuals: 1,626state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPII
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Cooperating with law enforcement
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Shut down our platform
Isolated the bad actor
Secured the compromised server
Performed a hard reset on all customer accounts
Updated all of our internal passwords, password management system, tokens and keys for our network
Conducting a forensic investigation with the assistance of an independent cybersecurity team
Cooperating with law enforcement
Changes made: Made immediate enhancements to our systems, security, and practices
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 days(25 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗

Montana State AGDec 11 · first

Massachusetts State AGDec 11 · first

California State AGDec 11 · first

Maine State AGDec 11 · first

New Hampshire State AG+2d

Oregon State AG+2d

South Carolina State AG+2d · this page

Vermont State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Dec 11 (MT), last Dec 16 (VT) — a 5-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/Security%20Breach%20Notices/2024/ByteFederal.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 13, 2024
Raw hash: 27e3de164fef823b1ffd0242f88274d8404761234148f849e48ce88659ae635f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBYTE FEDERAL, INC.

Victim entityBYTE FEDERAL, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Nov 18, 2024

Stated responseShut down our platform

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov