Payday America, Inc.

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Payday America, Inc. on November 19, 2021. The breach occurred on September 28, 2021, due to an external system breach (hacking) affecting 85,746 individuals, with their Social Security Numbers being among the compromised information.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/50d22a46-3439-41ac-a535-8c1f7e071fde.shtml

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

"id": "pay507072825",
"linkid": "payday-america",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "9/2021",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 85746,
                        'industry': 'Financial Services',
                        'name': 'Payday America, Inc.',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'External System Breach (Hacking)',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 85746,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2021-09-28',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-11-19',
 'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving Payday America, Inc. on November 19, 2021. '
                'The breach occurred on September 28, 2021, due to an external '
                'system breach (hacking) affecting 85,746 individuals, with '
                'their Social Security Numbers being among the compromised '
                'information.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-11-19',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Payday America, Inc. Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}