MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHIHealth (basic)MediumContained

FIRST AMERICAN FINANCIAL CORPORATION

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 18, 2023

Filed

Jun 10, 2024

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected

706state residents only

Linked

11 filings

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for FIRST AMERICAN FINANCIAL CORPORATION →2 incidents on file

First American Financial Corporation notified the Washington AG of a ransomware incident discovered on Dec 18, 2023. Systems were isolated on Dec 20. 706 WA residents affected. Data types included PII, SSN, financial accounts, and PHI. Remediation included forensic investigation, law enforcement notification, and 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d25 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 25 weeks / 175 days

Dec 18, 2023

Begins

Dec 18, 2023

Discovered

Jun 10, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+17 wks slower

This filing is one of 11 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_03c54138ce498d6e2024-06-10Candidate
Oregon State AGbd_2c2d994f154ddba82024-06-10Verified
Vermont State AGbd_71b5952cfc0bcda62024-06-10Verified
Indiana State AGbd_8859929ee6e3d9cd2024-06-10Verified

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 13d gap

California State AGbd_925be77b47ede7b02024-06-10Verified
Montana State AGbd_eb86e3765537060c2024-06-10Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_1ab5e2b17c58412e2024-06-11 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_383f35344a3929d12024-06-11 · +1dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_47489894a5eca95b2024-06-01 · +9dVerified
SEC 8-Kbd_9ad6d444f232d5fe2024-05-28 · +13dVerified

Name: FIRST AMERICAN FINANCIAL CORPORATION
norm: first american financial
Domain: firstam.com

Name: FIRST AMERICAN FINANCIAL CORPORATION
norm: first american financial
Domain: firstam.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 18, 2023
Breach occurred: Dec 18, 2023 – Jan 2, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 10, 2024
Affected individuals: 706state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHIHealth (basic)
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberFinancial account numberDate of birthMilitary ID numberPassport numberMedical information
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoing
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified applicable regulatory authorities
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Isolated its systems from the Internet
Launched an investigation with the assistance of leading external cybersecurity experts
Eradicated the actor from its network
Notified law enforcement and applicable regulatory authorities
Changes made: Further strengthened its already-robust network security
Offering impacted individuals access to complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services for 24 months through Experian
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 weeks(175 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 10 states

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SEC 8-KMay 28 · first

Illinois State AG+4d

Maine State AG+13d

Oregon State AG+13d

Vermont State AG+13d

Indiana State AG+13d

California State AG+13d

Montana State AG+13d

Washington State AG+13d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+14d

New Hampshire State AG+14d

Pattern: first filing May 28, last Jun 11 (NH) — a 14-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA29465.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 10, 2024
Raw hash: 397ce17dd2d76ca22443eadf10a4e2d900b322cb9eb60ab51f222dbb7a291ea9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFIRST AMERICAN FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Victim entityFIRST AMERICAN FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Incidentdiscovered Dec 18, 2023

Stated responseIsolated its systems from the Internet

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com