MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData EncryptedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 20, 2020

Filed

Jul 13, 2020

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

128state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation →

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) notified the NH AG of a ransomware attack on a vendor in early 2020. The incident potentially affected personal data (SSN, DOB, financial info) of 128 NH residents. No evidence of data access was found, but credit monitoring was offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 54 days

May 20, 2020

Discovered

Jul 13, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_380112a0064aa5152020-07-07 · +6dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_409d64172c25f9ad2020-07-07 · +6dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_4669003955e5090b2020-07-07 · +6dVerified
California State AGbd_53a92a86dda03bc22020-07-07 · +6dVerified

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Washington State AGbd_99679413d2e2d7b22020-07-07 · +6dVerified

Name: Morgan Lewis
norm: morgan lewis
Domain: morgan-motor.com

Name: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
norm: federal home loan mortgage
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: May 20, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 7, 2020
Affected individuals: 128state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified State of New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Sent notification letters out to affected borrowers
Offering a complimentary two-year subscription to Experian's identity theft and credit monitoring services
Changes made: Offering a complimentary two-year subscription to Experian's identity theft and credit monitoring services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(54 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Oregon State AGJul 7 · first

Indiana State AGJul 7 · first

Massachusetts State AGJul 7 · first

California State AGJul 7 · first

Washington State AGJul 7 · first

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 7 (OR), last Jul 13 (NH) — a 6-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/federal-home-loan-mortgage-corporation-20200713.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 13, 2020
Raw hash: cc4171977dc1b4e1db1c9721830c69989ab4f9732ad9fb1778f2068275fc13ec

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMorgan Lewis

Victim entityFederal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

Incidentdiscovered May 20, 2020

Stated responseSent notification letters out to affected borrowers

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov