HackingFinancial ServicesProfessional ServicesFinanceVulnerability ExploitCapture Stored DataTargetedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

Mortgage Bankers Association

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 8, 2020

Filed

Feb 8, 2021

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Mortgage Bankers Association →

Mortgage Bankers Association notified Montana residents of unauthorized access to payment card data (numbers, security codes) via a vulnerability in third-party vendor software. Access occurred Aug 4–Sep 4, 2020; discovered Dec 8, 2020. MBA engaged forensic investigators and notified card brands.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 126 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 62 days

Aug 4, 2020

Begins

Dec 8, 2020

Discovered

Feb 8, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_2552b4e51ba034352021-02-08Verified
Indiana State AGbd_aa80b1f4ec1ddadb2021-02-08Verified
Maine State AGbd_e09e171be1b5be9f2021-02-08Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_cb818b3048b382102021-02-23 · +15dVerified

Name: Mortgage Bankers Association
norm: mortgage bankers

Name: Mortgage Bankers Association
norm: mortgage bankers
Industry: Financial ServicesllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 8, 2020
Breach occurred: Aug 4, 2020 – Sep 4, 2020
Undetected for: 126 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Began working with a third-party computer forensic firm
Addressed the vulnerability
Notified the major payment card brands and its card processor
Changes made: Working to improve security protocols already in place
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(62 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Massachusetts State AGFeb 8 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 8 · first

Maine State AGFeb 8 · first

Montana State AGFeb 8 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+15d

Pattern: first filing Feb 8 (MA), last Feb 23 (NH) — a 15-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/mba-notif.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 8, 2021
Raw hash: 367020ce8272c7b5056f1878f6c190f2984ed4898a8f477b61b5635abf8d3084

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMortgage Bankers Association

Victim entityMortgage Bankers Association

Incidentdiscovered Dec 8, 2020

Stated responseBegan working with a third-party computer forensic firm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov