HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

MFA FINANCIAL, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 10, 2021

Filed

Sep 1, 2021

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected

8state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

64%

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

MFA Financial, Inc. disclosed a cybersecurity incident in its legacy environment where unauthorized access occurred between Feb 12 and Mar 10, 2021. The attacker accessed and removed personal information (name, address, DOB, SSN) of loan/mortgage owners. MFA engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, and offered 2 years of credit monitoring. Notices were sent on Sep 1, 2021.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 26 days

discovery → filing · 25 weeks / 175 days

Feb 12, 2021

Begins

Mar 10, 2021

Discovered

Sep 1, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+16 wks slower

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

Maine State AGbd_37dc58d5b56ea2c52021-09-01Candidate
California State AGbd_3d0f6290fb557c9c2021-09-01Verified
Indiana State AGbd_b8c682cfed093f5d2021-09-01Verified

Name: MFA FINANCIAL, INC.
norm: mfa financial

Name: MFA FINANCIAL, INC.
norm: mfa financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 10, 2021
Breach occurred: Feb 12, 2021 – Mar 10, 2021
Undetected for: 26 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 1, 2021
Affected individuals: 8state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notified federal law enforcement authorities
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took immediate steps to contain the threat
Engaged a third-party forensics firm to investigate the incident and assist with remediation efforts
Notified federal law enforcement authorities of the incident
Launched a forensic investigation
Contacted law enforcement
Changes made: Enhanced our security and monitoring and taken other measures to minimize the risk of a similar incident in the future
Offered credit monitoring, identity theft protection, and Dark Web monitoring services for a period of two years
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 weeks(175 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Maine State AGSep 1 · first

California State AGSep 1 · first

Indiana State AGSep 1 · first

Montana 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.

Source URL: https://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/notificationLetter-96.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 1, 2021
Raw hash: 985330c7cbbbd22d78b30cba233fc24b686a674c5a089c7670d2fc2705a949fe

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMFA FINANCIAL, INC.

Victim entityMFA FINANCIAL, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 10, 2021

Stated responseTook immediate steps to contain the threat

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov