HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

NFM LENDING, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 1, 2018

Filed

Dec 17, 2018

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected

15state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for NFM LENDING, LLC →3 incidents on file

NFM Lending notified the NH Attorney General of a data breach affecting 15 NH residents. Unauthorized individuals accessed the email accounts of seven employees between late May and early August 2018, potentially exposing customer names and Social Security numbers. NFM discovered the access in early August 2018, secured accounts, and notified law enforcement. Affected individuals received 24 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 92 days

discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 138 days

May 1, 2018

Begins

Aug 1, 2018

Discovered

Dec 17, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+11 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_46700ccf83c78b482018-12-17Verified

Name: NFM LENDING, LLC
norm: nfm lending

Name: NFM LENDING, LLC
norm: nfm lending
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 1, 2018
Breach occurred: May 1, 2018 – Aug 1, 2018
Undetected for: 92 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 14, 2018
Affected individuals: 15state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement via IC3.gov
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Immediately securing the accessed email accounts
Verifying no other NFM email accounts were accessed
Investigating what personal information may have been accessed
Implementing technical safeguards to help prevent similar incidents in the future
Notified law enforcement via IC3.gov
Changes made: Adopted enhanced security practices
Implementation of additional technical security measures
Retraining and reeducation of its workforce
Actively monitoring accounts for any suspicious activity
Offering 24 months of credit and CyberScan monitoring
Providing $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy
Providing fully managed id theft recovery services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(138 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGDec 17 · first

New Hampshire State AGDec 17 · 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.

Source URL: https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/nfm-lending-20181217.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 17, 2018
Raw hash: 1700e75ca1ffecfbc69cd82280de4300cc8e76055bb605743787be9a2b661f83

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNFM LENDING, LLC

Victim entityNFM LENDING, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Aug 1, 2018

Stated responseImmediately securing the accessed email accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov