HackingFinancial ServicesTechnologyFinanceData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

MR. COOPER GROUP INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 28, 2020

Filed

Aug 27, 2021

To disclose

15 months

Affected

45state residents only

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for MR. COOPER GROUP INC. →4 incidents on file

LERETA, LLC, a provider of real estate tax and flood zone determination services, notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a data incident affecting Mr. Cooper. On May 28, 2020, an unauthorized third party gained access to LERETA systems, potentially exposing names and Social Security numbers of 45 New Hampshire residents. LERETA engaged forensic experts, secured systems, and offered complimentary identity protection services through IDX to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 15 months / 456 days

May 28, 2020

Discovered

Aug 27, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+56 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed45 affectedView incident

Name: LERETA, LLC
norm: lereta

Name: MR. COOPER GROUP INC.
norm: mr cooper
Industry: Financial ServicesllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: May 28, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 20, 2021
Affected individuals: 45state-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

During the incident: Retained independent cybersecurity experts to assist with its restoration efforts and to conduct an investigation
Began providing notice of the incident to these business partners
Working continuously with business partners, including the notifying entities, to verify affected information and to notify the affected individuals
Began providing written notice of this incident to all affected individuals
Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to protect against identity theft and fraud
Offering notified individuals complimentary identity protection services through IDX
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 months(456 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/lereta-20210827.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 27, 2021
Raw hash: 79176ff2bdbb48a15a9e763f38a816b5f23488d02211de7a88864156b5287fb7

Reporting entityLERETA, LLC

Victim entityMR. COOPER GROUP INC.

Incidentdiscovered May 28, 2020

Stated responseRetained independent cybersecurity experts to assist with its restoration efforts and to conduct an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov