MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Nations Lending Corporation

bd_3e3daf05fdd14004 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 15, 2021

Filed

Sep 10, 2021

To disclose

26 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Nations Lending Corporation →3 incidents on file

Nations Lending Corporation notified customers that a third-party title company vendor suffered a ransomware attack in late July 2021. The attack encrypted the vendor's systems. Nations Lending determined that customer data, including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and financial account information, may have been accessed. Nations Lending suspended transactions with the vendor, moved pending closings to other providers, and offered one year of identity monitoring via Kroll.

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California clockDiscovered Aug 15, 2021 → Notified Aug 15, 20210d ✓ CA 60-day OK26 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 20 days

discovery → filing · 26 days

Jul 26, 2021

Begins

Aug 15, 2021

Discovered

Sep 10, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_3fa870010c2706e12021-09-13 · +3dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_55ec90ef9e89514d2021-09-19 · +9dVerified
Maine State AGbd_df6458561cded4042021-09-19 · +9dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_e2696dac7aae5a0d2021-09-24 · +14dVerified

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 28d gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_a6ddca811e14d6b32021-10-01 · +21dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_56beadfa687f094c2021-10-08 · +28dVerified

Name: Nations Lending Corporation
norm: nations lending

Name: Nations Lending Corporation
norm: nations lending
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 15, 2021
Breach occurred: Jul 26, 2021
Undetected for: 20 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 15, 2021
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Third party: via Title company vendor
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Suspended any further transactions with the vendor
Moved pending closings to our other service providers
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost to you for one year
Changes made: Requiring review of their data storage policies to minimize how long your information remains in their systems
Vendor is reviewing their security practices and controls and upgrading their security systems
Vendor must pass a complete cybersecurity evaluation and demonstrate that their systems and personnel are hardened against any further attacks before resuming business
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 days(26 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 0d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Aug 15, 2021
→ Notified: Aug 15, 2021
0d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Aug 15, 2021 → Notified: Aug 15, 2021	0d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 5 states

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California State AGSep 10 · first · this page

Indiana State AG+3d

Massachusetts State AG+9d

Maine State AG+9d

New Hampshire State AG+14d

Massachusetts State AG+21d

Indiana State AG+28d

Pattern: first filing Sep 10 (CA), last Oct 8 (IN) — a 28-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-545175
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 10, 2021
Raw hash: 096d76ff6eab5dd71547d0c6621722c2f63eaa94ac75b59fad90fc1a1cd2e6f0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNations Lending Corporation

Victim entityNations Lending Corporation

Incidentdiscovered Aug 15, 2021

Stated responseSuspended any further transactions with the vendor

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov