HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)LowContained

HOMEOWNERS FINANCIAL GROUP USA, LLC

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 5, 2021

Filed

Dec 17, 2021

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for HOMEOWNERS FINANCIAL GROUP USA, LLC →

Homeowners Financial Group detected unusual activity on July 5, 2021, and determined on November 4, 2021, that an unknown actor may have accessed or acquired files containing personal information (names). The company secured its environment, engaged cybersecurity experts, and notified the FBI. Complimentary identity protection services were offered to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Jul 5, 2021 → Notified Dec 17, 2021165d ✗ CA 60-day late24 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 5114 days

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 165 days

Jul 5, 2007

Begins

Jul 5, 2021

Discovered

Dec 17, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

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

Name: HOMEOWNERS FINANCIAL GROUP USA, LLC
norm: homeowners financial group usa

Name: HOMEOWNERS FINANCIAL GROUP USA, LLC
norm: homeowners financial group usa
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 5, 2021
Breach occurred: Jul 5, 2007
Undetected for: 5,114 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 17, 2021
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported this matter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation

During the incident: Took immediate and active steps to secure our environment
Launched an internal investigation
Engaged cybersecurity experts to secure the environment and conduct an investigation
Engaged a vendor to conduct a comprehensive review of the contents of the systems containing potentially impacted personal information
Reported this matter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards to further increase the security of its network systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(165 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 165d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Jul 5, 2021
→ Notified: Dec 17, 2021
165d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jul 5, 2021 → Notified: Dec 17, 2021	165d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-548686
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 17, 2021
Raw hash: d445c9f8c8bcd839bd67dda6af8a1ee58f9ea04bba96a69ba69539b673b4af5e

Reporting entityHOMEOWNERS FINANCIAL GROUP USA, LLC

Victim entityHOMEOWNERS FINANCIAL GROUP USA, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jul 5, 2021

Stated responseTook immediate and active steps to secure our environment

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov