MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareData EncryptedData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Pawn America Minnesota, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 28, 2021

Filed

Nov 19, 2021

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Pawn America Minnesota, LLC →2 incidents on file

Pawn America Minnesota, LLC experienced a ransomware attack on September 28, 2021. A cybercriminal gained access to computer systems, encrypted data, and exfiltrated personal information including names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, driver's license numbers, social security numbers, and passport numbers. The company restored data from backups, engaged cybersecurity experts, notified law enforcement, and offered one year of identity monitoring through Epiq.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 52 days

Sep 28, 2021

Begins

Sep 28, 2021

Discovered

Nov 19, 2021

Filed

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on median

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_1cb8803a201fac1d2021-11-19Candidate
Oregon State AGbd_14f1f584d87b2e662021-11-22 · +3dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_abd59b9379c11c5d2021-11-22 · +3dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_4707bc264872a6db2021-11-23 · +4dVerified

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Washington State AGbd_8af872d69da9a5402021-12-06 · +17dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_7eea7dc1780992902021-12-14 · +25dVerified

Name: Pawn America Minnesota, LLC
norm: pawn america minnesota

Name: Pawn America Minnesota, LLC
norm: pawn america minnesota
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Sep 28, 2021
Breach occurred: Sep 28, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Informed law enforcement

During the incident: Restored our data from separate backup servers
Working with cybersecurity experts to remove any remnants of this incident from our systems and improve our security
Informed law enforcement to ensure the incident is properly addressed
Opened a call center to answer any questions and provide additional information
Secured the services of Epiq to provide identity monitoring at no cost to you for one year
Changes made: Working with cybersecurity experts to remove any remnants of this incident from our systems and improve our security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(52 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Maine State AGNov 19 · first

California State AGNov 19 · first · this page

Oregon State AG+3d

Indiana State AG+3d

Massachusetts State AG+4d

Washington State AG+17d

South Carolina State AG+25d

Pattern: first filing Nov 19 (ME), last Dec 14 (SC) — a 25-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-547797
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 19, 2021
Raw hash: a4f483b2de7c05ed9304022de6f050f2aaf302fdda3c75020274968ed71c15d9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPawn America Minnesota, LLC

Victim entityPawn America Minnesota, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Sep 28, 2021

Stated responseRestored our data from separate backup servers

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov