HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDHigh

WESTERN UNION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 22, 2021

Filed

Mar 17, 2021

To disclose

23 days

Affected · nationwide

15,2033 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for WESTERN UNION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. →2 incidents on file

Western Union Financial Services, Inc. experienced an external system breach (hacking) that was discovered on February 22, 2021. The breach, which occurred on December 24, 2020, affected 3 Maine residents. The compromised information includes names in combination with driver's license or non-driver identification card numbers. Affected individuals were offered two years of complimentary access to Experian IdentityWorks.

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Maine clockDiscovered Feb 22, 2021 → Filed with AG Mar 17, 202123d ✓ ME AG ≤30d23 days 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 · 60 days

discovery → filing · 23 days

Dec 24, 2020

Begins

Feb 22, 2021

Discovered

Mar 17, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Accellion supply-chain incident (2021) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_1fab2410dc395ac12021-03-17Verified
California State AGbd_8fc621545c740b562021-03-17Verified
Indiana State AGbd_9f187e4a92022af12021-03-17Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_076b587840f1845e2021-03-18 · +1dVerified

Name: WESTERN UNION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
norm: western union financial

Name: WESTERN UNION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
norm: western union financial
Industry: Financial Services
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 22, 2021
Breach occurred: Dec 24, 2020
Undetected for: 60 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 17, 2021
Affected individuals: 15,203state + nationwide
Data types: Government ID
Data elements: Driver's licence number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access

Changes made: Western Union is offering affected individuals complimentary access to Experian IdentityWorks for a period of two years. The IdentityWorks service includes identity restoration, credit monitoring, identity theft insurance, and fraud detection tools.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 days(23 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 23d
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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Feb 22, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Mar 17, 2021
23d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Feb 22, 2021 → Filed with AG: Mar 17, 2021	23d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Massachusetts State AGMar 17 · first

California State AGMar 17 · first

Indiana State AGMar 17 · first

Maine State AGMar 17 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+1d

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-a1252b4f8318/58a48c59-1f68-4a8f-8776-21f3ccf3df3b.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 17, 2021
Raw hash: e93a162592b7a7040e5bf8fd495b75d4cdbb0585e7c203f6fa547a7b65e1f77e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWESTERN UNION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

Victim entityWESTERN UNION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 22, 2021

Stated responseWestern Union is offering affected individuals complimentary access to Experian IdentityWorks for a period of two years. The IdentityWorks service includes identity restoration, credit monitoring, identity theft insurance, and fraud detection tools.

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov