MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Federated Appraisal and Closing Services, LP

bd_ef14e61376c4fee5 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 22, 2023

Filed

Aug 10, 2023

To disclose

19 days

Affected · nationwide

8401 in this filing

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Federated Appraisal and Closing Services, LP →

Federated Appraisal and Closing Services, LP, a financial services entity, experienced a ransomware incident on May 24, 2023, discovered on July 22, 2023. The breach affected 840 individuals, including 1 Maine resident. Driver's license numbers and names were compromised. Federated notified affected individuals on August 9, 2023, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring services through Identity Force.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jul 22, 2023 → Filed with AG Aug 10, 202319d ✓ ME AG ≤30d19 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 · 59 days

discovery → filing · 19 days

May 24, 2023

Begins

Jul 22, 2023

Discovered

Aug 10, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed840 affectedView incident

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: Federated Appraisal and Closing Services, LP
norm: federated appraisal and closing
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 22, 2023
Breach occurred: May 24, 2023
Undetected for: 59 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 9, 2023
Affected individuals: 840state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Driver's licence number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered 12 months of Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge through Identity Force
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 days(19 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 19d
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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jul 22, 2023
→ Filed with AG: Aug 10, 2023
19d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jul 22, 2023 → Filed with AG: Aug 10, 2023	19d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/16e99dd8-a4cc-4951-9658-43cfd664d83b.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 10, 2023
Raw hash: eb153e4a5cea5837402823e209d74459274295c6a5b7ea256fa6432d2400d709

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityFederated Appraisal and Closing Services, LP

Incidentdiscovered Jul 22, 2023

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov