Advance America, Cash Advance Centers of Washington, LLC

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Advance America, Cash Advance Centers of Washington, LLC on September 6, 2023. The breach occurred on February 7, 2023, and was identified as a ransomware cyberattack, affecting approximately 26,092 individuals and potentially compromising names, Social Security numbers, driver's license or state ID numbers, full dates of birth, and passport numbers.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=15792

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/advance-america

"id": "adv007080525",
"linkid": "advance-america",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "2/2023",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 26092,
                        'industry': 'Financial Services',
                        'location': 'Washington',
                        'name': 'Advance America, Cash Advance Centers of '
                                'Washington, LLC',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 26092,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              "driver's license or state ID "
                                              'numbers',
                                              'full dates of birth',
                                              'passport numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2023-02-07',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-09-06',
 'description': 'The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported '
                'a data breach involving Advance America, Cash Advance Centers '
                'of Washington, LLC on September 6, 2023. The breach occurred '
                'on February 7, 2023, and was identified as a ransomware '
                'cyberattack, affecting approximately 26,092 individuals and '
                'potentially compromising names, Social Security numbers, '
                "driver's license or state ID numbers, full dates of birth, "
                'and passport numbers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 "driver's license or state ID numbers",
                                 'full dates of birth',
                                 'passport numbers']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-09-06',
                 'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Advance America, Cash Advance Centers of Washington, '
          'LLC',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}