Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

WEI Mortgage

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 20, 2017

Filed

Dec 8, 2017

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

11state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

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 28, 2017. The incident exposed personal information including names, addresses, and Social Security numbers. WEI Mortgage engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, and offered 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
California State AGbd_eff1476b3e5e92832017-12-08Verified
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: 11state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1114 Email CollectionT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
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
With the assistance of third-party forensic investigators
Notified law enforcement of this incident
Offering you access to twenty-four (24) months of credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through AllClear ID at no cost to you
Changes made: Educate our employees about phishing scams
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

California State AGDec 8 · first

Montana 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/WEI-Mortgage.pdf
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: 784d1a23418dd366dc46aeb97cc0cab1dc6ea676c10904df1ec3c38c009cff14

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

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov