HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Mortgage Contracting Services

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 18, 2024

Filed

Feb 22, 2024

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

7state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Mortgage Contracting Services →

Mortgage Contracting Services LLC notified the NH Attorney General of unauthorized access to its computer systems between Dec 9-13, 2023. The incident affected 7 New Hampshire residents, exposing personal information including government IDs. MCS secured systems, investigated, and mailed notifications on Feb 22, 2024, offering Kroll credit monitoring.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d5 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 40 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 35 days

Dec 9, 2023

Begins

Jan 18, 2024

Discovered

Feb 22, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by lockbit_3 about this victim predates this filing by 70 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitelockbit_3bd_2e5841887a3a44092023-12-14 · +70dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_eb76d52005f82fe72024-02-22Verified by operator

Name: Mortgage Contracting Services
norm: mortgage contracting
Domain: mcs360.com

Name: Mortgage Contracting Services
norm: mortgage contracting
Domain: mcs360.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 18, 2024
Breach occurred: Dec 9, 2023 – Dec 13, 2023
Undetected for: 40 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 22, 2024
Affected individuals: 7state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General John Formella
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the systems involved
Began an investigation
Reviewed the files that were potentially involved
Mailed a notification letter to the New Hampshire resident
Offered complimentary membership to credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Kroll
Established a dedicated phone number
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards and technical security measures to enhance the security of its network
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(35 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGFeb 22 · first

New Hampshire State AGFeb 22 · first · this page

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/mortgage-contracting-services-20240222.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 22, 2024
Raw hash: 18b8c086d0676589c36d9dae256ba3603fd8dfe6da4736cfbbf304b59cec0203

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMortgage Contracting Services

Victim entityMortgage Contracting Services

Incidentdiscovered Jan 18, 2024

Stated responseSecured the systems involved

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov