HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Automatic Funds Transfer Services Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 4, 2021

Filed

Mar 5, 2021

To disclose

29 days

Affected · nationwide

2,0644 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Automatic Funds Transfer Services Inc. →

Automatic Funds Transfer Services Inc. reported an external system breach (hacking) on 02/04/2021 affecting 2,064 individuals, including 4 Maine residents. The incident involved the acquisition of names and financial account or credit/debit card numbers. Written notification was sent on 03/05/2021.

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Maine clockDiscovered Feb 4, 2021 → Filed with AG Mar 5, 202129d ✓ ME AG ≤30d29 days 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 · 29 days

Feb 4, 2021

Begins

Feb 4, 2021

Discovered

Mar 5, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitecubabd_a05387630b76eeb02021-02-03 · +30dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_52b290030c5c8e932021-03-17 · +12dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_c51935c24250a0a62021-03-17 · +12dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_662a629c7b8c53032021-03-18 · +13dVerified by operator
Montana State AGbd_f3da74c8f8d50a3a2021-03-18 · +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 5, 2021
Affected individuals: 2,064state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected consumers
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 29d
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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Feb 4, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Mar 5, 2021
29d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Feb 4, 2021 → Filed with AG: Mar 5, 2021	29d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Maine State AGMar 5 · first · this page

Washington State AG+12d

Massachusetts State AG+12d

Indiana State AG+13d

Montana State AG+13d

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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/0275f9fd-d454-411e-9dca-3d2f89bd1ee2.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 5, 2021
Raw hash: 3b8d182a7dd8d07ba576734bc9f342b1fd98bcbe0ddf45ad8e5667e756be63df

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 responseSent written notification to affected consumers

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov