MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareCustomer Data InvolvedRansom DemandedFinancial accountFinancial credentialsMediumContained

CITYWIDE HOME LOANS, LLC

bd_2702f95acf3ad78e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 29, 2020

Filed

Feb 11, 2021

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected · nationwide

16,6155 in this filing

Linked

11 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for CITYWIDE HOME LOANS, LLC →

Citywide Home Loans, LLC reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General, indicating that an external system breach involving malware and ransomware occurred on November 18, 2020. The breach was discovered on November 29, 2020. Five Maine residents were affected, part of a larger group of 16,615 individuals. The compromised information included names in combination with financial account or credit/debit card numbers and their associated security codes or PINs. Affected individuals were notified on February 12, 2021, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through Kroll.

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Maine clockDiscovered Nov 29, 2020 → Filed with AG Feb 11, 202174d ⏱ ME AG >30d11 weeks 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 · 11 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 74 days

Nov 18, 2020

Begins

Nov 29, 2020

Discovered

Feb 11, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

This filing is one of 11 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_eff1d4dd668484382021-02-11Verified
Indiana State AGbd_386c31b538e6f36e2021-02-12 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_d0e27bedc188f9fb2021-02-12 · +1dVerified
California State AGbd_5b65411c4f7f434c2021-02-16 · +5dVerified

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 42d gap

Washington State AGbd_6a666b75ee10fc922021-03-19 · +36dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_cabec362322632042021-03-19 · +36dVerified
Maine State AGbd_e8ea5bf83df4ef802021-03-19 · +36dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_b6b664bb7002940c2021-03-22 · +39dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_b2b84e4a4a13639a2021-01-01 · +41dVerified
Maine State AGbd_bd7db8214abdd3ba2021-03-25 · +42dVerified

Name: CITYWIDE HOME LOANS, LLC
norm: citywide home loans
Industry: Financial Services

Name: CITYWIDE HOME LOANS, LLC
norm: citywide home loans
Industry: Financial Services
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 29, 2020
Breach occurred: Nov 18, 2020
Undetected for: 11 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 12, 2021
Affected individuals: 16,615state + nationwide
Data types: Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Ransomware

Changes made: Citywide is offering 24 months of single-bureau credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through Kroll.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(74 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 74dME resident >60d · 75d
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: Nov 29, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Feb 11, 2021
74d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d
Maine
Discovered: Nov 29, 2020
→ Notified: Feb 12, 2021
75d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Nov 29, 2020 → Filed with AG: Feb 11, 2021	74d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d
Maine	Discovered: Nov 29, 2020 → Notified: Feb 12, 2021	75d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 9 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Massachusetts State AG+41d

Maine State AG+41d · this page

Indiana State AG+42d

Montana State AG+42d

California State AG+46d

Washington State AG+77d

Oregon State AG+77d

Maine State AG+77d

New Hampshire State AG+80d

Maine State AG+83d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Mar 25 (ME) — a 83-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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/5ba14d66-4724-403b-bcfe-9a8546cc672f.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 11, 2021
Raw hash: b7eaf77869ab8560b87400bf9ca839d84d597ecc0c2f59afa704497ff7c53870

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCITYWIDE HOME LOANS, LLC

Victim entityCITYWIDE HOME LOANS, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Nov 29, 2020

Stated responseCitywide is offering 24 months of single-bureau credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through Kroll.

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov