focusIT, Inc.

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach incident involving focusIT, Inc. on September 30, 2022. The breach, which occurred on August 2, 2022, potentially compromised personal information of individuals related to residential mortgage application processing. The compromised data included names, dates of birth, addresses, and Social Security numbers. This incident highlights the vulnerability of sensitive personal information in mortgage processing and the need for robust cybersecurity measures to protect such data.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-557773

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/focusit-inc

"id": "foc113072925",
"linkid": "focusit-inc",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "8/2022",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Residential Mortgage Application '
                                    'Processing',
                        'name': 'focusIT, Inc.',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'dates of birth',
                                              'addresses',
                                              'Social Security numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2022-08-02',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-09-30',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach incident involving focusIT, Inc. on September 30, '
                '2022, which potentially compromised personal information of '
                'individuals related to residential mortgage application '
                'processing. The breach was reported to have occurred on '
                'August 2, 2022, with personal information such as names, '
                'dates of birth, addresses, and Social Security numbers being '
                'potentially accessed.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'dates of birth',
                                 'addresses',
                                 'Social Security numbers']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-09-30',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at focusIT, Inc.',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}