🐻California State AGlinked via multistate filing link · 95%
Clustered 3 filings across 3 jurisdictions · filing window Aug 21, 2023 → Sep 7, 2023. View entity profile → Other incidents for this victim →
incident inc_395d7cd705b4452b · merge_method deterministic · confidence 100%
Discovered → first regulatory filing
Range of discovered_at dates across filings
CA OR WA
Time between earliest and latest filing
Not recorded for this incident
Leak precedence · Materiality delta · SEC filing delay — no leak-site claim in this cluster; no SEC 8-K in this cluster.
all State AG
Earliest sighting first · deep chronology in Litigation Timeline
Feb 7, 2023
When the intrusion reportedly occurred, per the linked filings
Feb 7, 2023
Reported by CALIFORNIA AG, WASHINGTON AG, OREGON AG filings
About this clustering
DisclosureLens links filings into incidents through layered matchers: deterministic rules (same source document, multistate filings of one breach, tight-window same-victim pairs), a weighted-similarity scorer for cross-source candidates, and an operator review queue for everything uncertain. Each link records its own method and confidence — shown per filing in the timeline below. The system defaults to NOT merging when uncertain, because a false merge (collapsing two unrelated breaches) is more harmful than a false split (showing related filings separately); uncertain pairs route to human review instead of auto-merging. Filing summaries shown in the timeline are AI-generated extracts — verify each against its linked source.
Advance America, Cash Advance Centers of California, LLC reported a data security incident occurring on February 7, 2023. An unauthorized actor accessed corporate business records containing personal information of customers who applied for loans or financial services. The company engaged third-party cybersecurity experts, reported the incident to law enforcement, and implemented additional security measures. Affected individuals were offered one year of identity monitoring and protection services through Kroll.
Advance America, Cash Advance Centers of Washington, LLC, a finance sector entity reported a ransomware incident to the Washington Attorney General. The organization became aware of the incident on 2023-02-07 and filed notice on 2023-09-06. 26,092 Washington residents were affected. 211 days elapsed between awareness and notification. 0 days to identify the breach. 0 days to contain the breach.
Affected (this filing): 26,092
Advance America, Cash Advance Centers of Washington, LLC reported a data breach to the Oregon Attorney General. The breach was reported on 2023-09-07. The breach occurred during 2/7/2023 - 2/7/2023. The breach was discovered on 2/7/2023. 3,143 individuals were affected. Notice was sent on 8/15/2023.
Affected (this filing): 3,143