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HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceIdentity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

MFA FINANCIAL, INC.

bd_37dc58d5b56ea2c5 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Aug 2, 2021

Filed

Sep 1, 2021

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected · nationwide

13,00611 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for MFA FINANCIAL, INC. →2 incidents on file

MFA Financial, Inc. experienced an external system breach (hacking) on March 10, 2021, which was discovered on August 2, 2021. The breach affected 11 Maine residents, compromising their names and Social Security numbers. The company provided two years of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX.

Maine clockDiscovered Aug 2, 2021 → Filed with AG Sep 1, 202130d ✓ ME AG ≤30d4 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 145 days
discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Mar 10, 2021

Begins

Aug 2, 2021

Discovered

Sep 1, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
California State AGSep 1 · first
Montana State AGSep 1 · first
Indiana State AGSep 1 · first
Maine State AGSep 1 · first · this page

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.