MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedPIIIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

NewFed Mortgage

bd_6fac6bf81d93337d · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

May 13, 2021

Filed

Jun 18, 2021

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

11state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

62%

Full breach record for NewFed Mortgage →

NewFed Mortgage notified South Carolina residents of a ransomware attack discovered on May 13, 2021, which resulted in network encryption and unauthorized access to personal information. The company engaged forensic experts and notified the FBI. Notification was sent on June 4, 2021, offering credit monitoring and fraud insurance.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 36 days

May 13, 2021

Discovered

Jun 18, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_28d1a9a4b461fbd42021-06-18Verified
Indiana State AGbd_d004cf3e6c58eb042021-06-21 · +3dVerified

Name: NewFed Mortgage
norm: newfed mortgage

Name: NewFed Mortgage
norm: newfed mortgage
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: May 13, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 4, 2021
Affected individuals: 11state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Contacted the FBI to seek assistance with the incident

During the incident: Hired third-party forensic experts to conduct a thorough investigation
Contacted the FBI to seek assistance with the incident
Engaging external legal and cybersecurity experts
Further training our employees
Reviewing and improving our internal procedures
Offering a complimentary three-year membership through Sontiq’s Single Bureau Credit Monitoring services
Providing proactive fraud assistance
Providing a $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy
Changes made: Implementing any necessary additional safeguards
Further training our employees
Reviewing and improving our internal procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(36 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGJun 18 · first

South Carolina State AGJun 18 · first · this page

Indiana State AG+3d

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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2021/NewFedMortgage.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 18, 2021
Raw hash: 8e76143c1afe9d4456d3e95cf9cea7a20e62aff09d060f2d56f699b81ba3f047

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNewFed Mortgage

Victim entityNewFed Mortgage

Incidentdiscovered May 13, 2021

Stated responseHired third-party forensic experts to conduct a thorough investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov