HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)CriticalContained

ACADEMY MORTGAGE CORPORATION

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Mar 21, 2023

Filed

Jan 15, 2024

To disclose

43 weeks

Affected · nationwide

284,443618 in this filing

Linked

11 filings

Confidence

66%

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

Academy Mortgage Corporation reported an external system breach (hacking) on March 21, 2023, affecting 284,443 individuals, including 618 in Maine. The breach compromised names and Social Security Numbers. The company notified consumers in writing on December 20, 2023, and offered 12 months of TransUnion credit monitoring and identity theft recovery services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Mar 21, 2023 → Filed with AG Jan 15, 2024300d ✗ ME AG >90d43 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 43 weeks / 300 days

Mar 21, 2023

Begins

Mar 21, 2023

Discovered

Jan 15, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+34 wks slower

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

A leak claim by alphv about this victim predates this filing by 246 days.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
California State AGbd_7a0d1938864b9a742024-01-15Verified
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: 284,443state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected consumers
Offered 12 Months of TransUnion credit monitoring alerts
Provided $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy fully managed identity theft recovery services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 43 weeks(300 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 300dME resident >180d · 274dLeak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Mar 21, 2023
→ Filed with AG: Jan 15, 2024
300d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Mar 21, 2023
→ Notified: Dec 20, 2023
274d 180 days ME resident >180d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Mar 21, 2023 → Filed with AG: Jan 15, 2024	300d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Mar 21, 2023 → Notified: Dec 20, 2023	274d	180 days	ME resident >180d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 9 states

View merged incident ↗

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

California State AG+27d

Maine State AG+27d · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 19 (NH), last Jan 15 (ME) — 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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/203fc6cf-82c9-4d8e-b280-501bb49c6602.shtml
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: b7999da3f11b6562db75a56a1ff76ed5428b6e5a0d33bc01ff31a166bfee9576

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 responseSent written notification to affected consumers

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov