HackingFinancial ServicesTechnologyFinanceSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

focusIT, Inc

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 2, 2022

Filed

Sep 30, 2022

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for focusIT, Inc →

focusIT, Inc., a third-party vendor for residential mortgage application processing, notified customers of a data breach on August 2, 2022. The incident involved unauthorized access to a third-party system in the focusIT environment, potentially exposing names, dates of birth, addresses, and Social Security numbers; its notice states that fewer than 461 individuals in Rhode Island were affected. The breach occurred between June 1 and August 3, 2022. focusIT engaged law enforcement, including the FBI, and offered one year of free credit monitoring.

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California clockDiscovered Aug 2, 2022 → Notified Sep 28, 202257d ✓ CA 60-day OK8 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 62 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 59 days

Jun 1, 2022

Begins

Aug 2, 2022

Discovered

Sep 30, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

This filing is one of 10 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_1c71a9b8a3fa10512022-09-30Verified
Oregon State AGbd_45a661a492b146b52022-09-30Verified
Maine State AGbd_ebe2aa484d17951c2022-09-30Verified
Indiana State AGbd_0634fa54edfda7e32022-09-29 · +1dVerified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_28bf2140c7ab07672022-09-29 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_55a4b243f663675a2022-09-29 · +1dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_9e053a4f72bbc71f2022-09-29 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_ffe5901a07fbecd32022-09-29 · +1dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_02967c397059620e2022-10-03 · +3dVerified

Name: focusIT, Inc
norm: focusit
Domain: focusitinc.com

Name: focusIT, Inc
norm: focusit
Domain: focusitinc.com
Industry: Financial ServicesllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Aug 2, 2022
Breach occurred: Jun 1, 2022 – Aug 3, 2022
Undetected for: 62 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 28, 2022
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Texas Financial Crimes Intelligence CenterWorking with the FBI
Third party: via focusIT, Inc.
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Working with the appropriate law enforcement and regulatory officials including the FBI
Offering free credit monitoring services to certain individuals
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(59 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 57d
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 2, 2022
→ Notified: Sep 28, 2022
57d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Aug 2, 2022 → Notified: Sep 28, 2022	57d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 10 states

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Indiana State AGSep 29 · first

Massachusetts State AGSep 29 · first

New Hampshire State AGSep 29 · first

Delaware State AGSep 29 · first

Montana State AGSep 29 · first

Washington State AG+1d

Oregon State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

California State AG+1d · this page

South Carolina State AG+4d

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/sb24-557773
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 30, 2022
Raw hash: 2b8d3ba680de14869bc028935ca7c2a5ede59f6a9415a640f7c6d42f63b380e3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityfocusIT, Inc

Victim entityfocusIT, Inc

Incidentdiscovered Aug 2, 2022

Stated responseWorking with the appropriate law enforcement and regulatory officials including the FBI

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov