Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

PRIMELENDING, A PLAINSCAPITAL COMPANY

bd_aaed0c6208c2312b · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 22, 2021

Filed

Apr 2, 2021

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for PRIMELENDING, A PLAINSCAPITAL COMPANY →3 incidents on file

PrimeLending notified Montana residents of unauthorized access to an employee's email account between Nov 26 and Dec 3, 2020. The incident was discovered on Feb 22, 2021. Personal information was potentially exposed. PrimeLending engaged a cybersecurity firm, secured the email environment, and offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 88 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 39 days

Nov 26, 2020

Begins

Feb 22, 2021

Discovered

Apr 2, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_2a50f3eda0c512072021-04-02Verified
Maine State AGbd_95b825aac6b7e9f22021-04-02Candidate

Name: PRIMELENDING, A PLAINSCAPITAL COMPANY
norm: primelending a plainscapital
Domain: primelending.loanadministration.com

Name: PRIMELENDING, A PLAINSCAPITAL COMPANY
norm: primelending a plainscapital
Domain: primelending.loanadministration.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 22, 2021
Breach occurred: Nov 26, 2020 – Dec 3, 2020
Undetected for: 88 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure our email environment
Began an investigation with the assistance of a cybersecurity firm
Reviewed the emails and attachments to identify what information they contained
Arranged for you to receive a complimentary one-year membership in Experian’s IdentityWorksSM Credit 3B
Changes made: Implemented additional measures to enhance our existing security protocols
Continuing to provide cybersecurity training to our staff
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(39 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGApr 2 · first

Maine State AGApr 2 · first

Montana State AGApr 2 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Prime-Notif.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 2, 2021
Raw hash: 65eb68b9a501f709e78c035dbdcebc5b78910dc6df131531bb57e77e3e73be4e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPRIMELENDING, A PLAINSCAPITAL COMPANY

Victim entityPRIMELENDING, A PLAINSCAPITAL COMPANY

Incidentdiscovered Feb 22, 2021

Stated responseTook steps to secure our email environment

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov