HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceEmployee Data InvolvedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

ACADEMY MORTGAGE CORPORATION

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 21, 2023

Filed

Jan 15, 2024

To disclose

43 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

11 records

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for ACADEMY MORTGAGE CORPORATION →3 incidents on file

Academy Mortgage Corporation detected a network security incident on March 21, 2023, where an unauthorized third party accessed and disabled systems. The investigation concluded in November 2023, determining that personal information (names, SSNs, dates of birth) of employees and mortgage applicants may have been accessed. No evidence of misuse was found. The company engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, rebuilt systems, and offered credit monitoring.

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California clockDiscovered Mar 21, 2023 → Notified Dec 20, 2023274d ✗ CA 60-day late43 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 43 weeks / 300 days

Mar 21, 2023

Begins

Mar 21, 2023

Discovered

Jan 15, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+35 wks slower

This filing is one of 11 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by alphv about this victim was first seen 173 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitealphvbd_6ec09ae80601c3402023-05-14 · +246dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_2fd5bd42961ec23c2024-01-15Verified
Maine State AGbd_a04b7d44352861c22024-01-15Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_9e37c4b7bf5d06f12024-01-08 · +7dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_d76d3319b21c6f7b2024-01-05 · +10dVerified

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 27d gap

California State AGbd_e728b3b38da978092024-01-05 · +10dVerified
Montana State AGbd_3b5884dbff92d2bb2023-12-27 · +19dVerified
Washington State AGbd_e304b68c35220b072023-12-27 · +19dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_230a4a729e72b2c72023-12-20 · +26dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_73ec5e6957b4c72d2023-12-19 · +27dVerified

Name: ACADEMY MORTGAGE CORPORATION
norm: academy mortgage

Name: ACADEMY MORTGAGE CORPORATION
norm: academy mortgage
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 21, 2023
Breach occurred: Mar 21, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 20, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Engaged third-party forensic specialists to assist us with securing the network environment and investigating the extent of any unauthorized activity
Notified law enforcement
Wiped and rebuilt affected systems
Taken steps to bolster our network security
Offering Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Changes made: Reviewing and altering our policies, procedures, and network security software relating to the security of our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 43 weeks(300 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 274dLeak >90d
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: Mar 21, 2023
→ Notified: Dec 20, 2023
274d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Mar 21, 2023 → Notified: Dec 20, 2023	274d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 9 states

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New Hampshire State AGDec 19 · first

Indiana State AG+1d

Montana State AG+8d

Washington State AG+8d

Oregon State AG+17d

California State AG+17d

South Carolina State AG+20d

Massachusetts State AG+27d

Maine State AG+27d

California State AG+27d · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 19 (NH), last Jan 15 (CA) — a 27-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/sb24-579377
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 15, 2024
Raw hash: abcf44756eb586eff5c3ea8377f9493590807c9518124e588bb1ca96c32c593b

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityACADEMY MORTGAGE CORPORATION

Victim entityACADEMY MORTGAGE CORPORATION

Incidentdiscovered Mar 21, 2023

Stated responseEngaged third-party forensic specialists to assist us with securing the network environment and investigating the extent of any unauthorized activity

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov