The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that Apex Home Loans, Inc. experienced a data breach involving unauthorized access to employee email accounts from May 11, 2021, to July 30, 2021, affecting 2,267 individuals in total. The breach was discovered on January 28, 2022, and notification was sent on February 9, 2022, to one affected Maine resident, whose name and financial account information was compromised. Identity theft protection services were offered for 12 months through Experian.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/apex-team-neo-home-loans
"id": "ape618072825",
"linkid": "apex-team-neo-home-loans",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "5/2021",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 2267,
'industry': 'Financial Services',
'name': 'Apex Home Loans, Inc.',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Email Compromise',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 2267,
'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Name',
'Financial Account Information']},
'date_detected': '2022-01-28',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-02-09',
'description': 'Unauthorized access to employee email accounts affecting '
'2,267 individuals.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Name', 'Financial Account Information'],
'identity_theft_risk': 'High',
'payment_information_risk': 'High'},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Compromise'},
'references': [{'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Notification to affected individuals',
'third_party_assistance': 'Experian'},
'title': 'Apex Home Loans Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}