Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

WEI Mortgage

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 20, 2017

Filed

Dec 8, 2017

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for WEI Mortgage →2 incidents on file

WEI Mortgage LLC experienced a phishing attack resulting in unauthorized access to employee email accounts between September 13 and September 28, 2017. The incident, discovered on September 20, 2017, exposed personal information including Social Security numbers, names, and addresses. The company engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, and is offering 24 months of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 79 days

Sep 13, 2017

Begins

Sep 20, 2017

Discovered

Dec 8, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_a019159615e703e02017-12-08Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_ed4e7a42d63e15722017-12-08Verified
Montana State AGbd_f9859b9eb47279842017-12-08Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_037cff157a88481d2018-01-03 · +26dCandidate

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Oregon State AGbd_7165bea61db6abe52018-01-03 · +26dVerified

Name: WEI Mortgage
norm: wei mortgage

Name: WEI Mortgage
norm: wei mortgage
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 20, 2017
Breach occurred: Sep 13, 2017 – Sep 28, 2017
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 8, 2017
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notifying state regulators as required by law
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Began an investigation to confirm the security of our network and to determine the nature and scope of this event
Engaged third-party forensic investigators
Notified law enforcement of this incident
Offering twenty-four (24) months of credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through AllClear ID at no cost
Changes made: Educating employees about phishing scams
Confirming the ongoing security of our networks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(79 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

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New Hampshire State AGDec 8 · first

Massachusetts State AGDec 8 · first

Montana State AGDec 8 · first

California State AGDec 8 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+26d

Oregon State AG+26d

Pattern: first filing Dec 8 (NH), last Jan 3 (OR) — a 26-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-130881
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 8, 2017
Raw hash: 6100cba4086fac08d7eaaa1106f43089cd6df6944f34c7558e5abea8492aec95

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWEI Mortgage

Victim entityWEI Mortgage

Incidentdiscovered Sep 20, 2017

Stated responseBegan an investigation to confirm the security of our network and to determine the nature and scope of this event

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov