HackingFinancial ServicesTechnologyFinanceStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

OwnersChoice Funding, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 29, 2022

Filed

Oct 31, 2022

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for OwnersChoice Funding, Inc. →

Newcourse Communications, Inc. notified OwnersChoice Funding, Inc. customers of a data breach involving unauthorized access to NCI's network between April 27 and May 3, 2022. The incident exposed names, addresses, loan numbers, and Social Security numbers. NCI engaged forensic investigators and offered 24 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 155 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 32 days

Apr 27, 2022

Begins

Sep 29, 2022

Discovered

Oct 31, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Newcourse Communications
norm: newcourse communications
Domain: newcoursecc.com

Name: OwnersChoice Funding, Inc.
norm: ownerschoice funding
Industry: Financial ServicesllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Sep 29, 2022
Breach occurred: Apr 27, 2022 – May 3, 2022
Undetected for: 155 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 4, 2022
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Offering identity theft protection services through IDX
24 Months of credit and CyberScan monitoring
$1,000,000 Insurance reimbursement policy
Fully managed id theft recovery services
Improving our endpoint security, malware detection capability, and monitoring systems
Changes made: Improving our endpoint security, malware detection capability, and monitoring systems
Continually evaluate and modify our practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of your personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(32 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-699.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 31, 2022
Raw hash: 56ad5f2200efc3f6dff296f60e30ae76de98b5eefdba40ba522d7e479bae43b7

Reporting entityNewcourse Communications

Victim entityOwnersChoice Funding, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 29, 2022

Stated responseLaunched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov