HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

AMERIFIRST FINANCIAL, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 12, 2021

Filed

Apr 15, 2021

To disclose

3 days

Affected

757state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for AMERIFIRST FINANCIAL, INC. →3 incidents on file

AmeriFirst Financial, Inc. notified the Washington AG of a cyberattack affecting up to 757 residents. Exposure occurred Dec 2-10, 2020; discovered April 12, 2021. Compromised data included names, SSNs, DOBs, bank accounts, and IDs. Forensic investigation retained; MFA, password resets, and firewall updates implemented. 1-year credit monitoring offered via Kroll.

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Washington clock✓ WA AG ≤30d3 days discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 131 days

discovery → filing · 3 days

Dec 2, 2020

Begins

Apr 12, 2021

Discovered

Apr 15, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_11cd4642d8637a6a2021-04-15Verified
Oregon State AGbd_8489331eae39dbc42021-04-15Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_aa29cc88cfdbc3672021-04-15Verified
Maine State AGbd_ae2c8877a2cbbe5e2021-04-15Verified

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Montana State AGbd_bdf6bfeeca0c1b122021-04-15Verified
Indiana State AGbd_9f703fbf424e78182021-04-14 · +1dVerified

Name: SNELL & WILMER L.L.P.
norm: snell wilmer

Name: AMERIFIRST FINANCIAL, INC.
norm: amerifirst financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 12, 2021
Breach occurred: Dec 2, 2020 – Dec 10, 2020
Undetected for: 131 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 15, 2021
Affected individuals: 757state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberFinancial account numberDate of birthPassport number
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 100-199dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General

During the incident: Retained a third-party firm to conduct a forensic investigation
Sending breach notification letters to Washington residents
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures designed to prevent the recurrence of such an attack
Requiring multi-factor authentication
Changing all passwords
Updating and replacing firewalls
Setting spam filters to their highest levels
Reviewing domain and admin controllers
Arranged for Kroll Associates, Inc. to offer one (1) year of credit monitoring free of charge
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 3 days(3 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG ≤30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Indiana State AGApr 14 · first

California State AG+1d

Oregon State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d

Washington State AG+1d · 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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10448.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 15, 2021
Raw hash: c21a24fa0cfabaddc9ba42dd0e07fa9ebc65444f6adefe3ebb8f71b45a3cd4d2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySNELL & WILMER L.L.P.

Victim entityAMERIFIRST FINANCIAL, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 12, 2021

Stated responseRetained a third-party firm to conduct a forensic investigation

ComplianceWA AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com