HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Mortgage Bankers Association

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 8, 2020

Filed

Feb 23, 2021

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Mortgage Bankers Association →

Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a data event affecting 3 NH residents. Suspicious activity on MBA's store website was identified on Dec 8, 2020. Investigation revealed unauthorized acquisition of payment card info (card number, security code) and PII (name, address) between Aug 4 and Sep 4, 2020, via a vulnerability in a third-party library. MBA engaged forensic firms, patched the vulnerability, and notified card brands. Notices to affected individuals began Feb 8, 2021.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 126 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 77 days

Aug 4, 2020

Begins

Dec 8, 2020

Discovered

Feb 23, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_2552b4e51ba034352021-02-08 · +15dVerified
Montana State AGbd_9a9e7516f8cea44b2021-02-08 · +15dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_aa80b1f4ec1ddadb2021-02-08 · +15dVerified
Maine State AGbd_e09e171be1b5be9f2021-02-08 · +15dCandidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Mortgage Bankers Association
norm: mortgage bankers
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 8, 2020
Breach occurred: Aug 4, 2020 – Sep 4, 2020
Undetected for: 126 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 8, 2021
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Began working with a third-party computer forensic firm
Identified a vulnerability in one of its third-party business libraries
The vulnerability has been addressed
Took steps to identify and notify potentially impacted customers
Notified the major payment card brands and its card processor
Working to implement additional safeguards
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards
Working to improve security protocols already in place
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(77 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Massachusetts State AGFeb 8 · first

Montana State AGFeb 8 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 8 · first

Maine State AGFeb 8 · first

New Hampshire State AG+15d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 8 (MA), last Feb 23 (NH) — a 15-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/mortgage-bankers-20210223.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 23, 2021
Raw hash: a560cc1210f78a91c529db990fee4c6914d353b1e5a6db45833a63c860a7a6cb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityMortgage Bankers Association

Incidentdiscovered Dec 8, 2020

Stated responseBegan working with a third-party computer forensic firm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov