The California Office of the Attorney General reported on July 7, 2020, that the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) experienced a ransomware attack involving a vendor. Although it has not been confirmed that any personal information was accessed, affected individuals' loan application data was potentially exposed, including names, addresses, social security numbers, and financial information. The response included offering a complimentary two-year subscription to a credit monitoring service.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-191772
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/freddie-mac
"id": "fre345080425",
"linkid": "freddie-mac",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "7/2020",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Financial Services',
'name': 'Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation '
'(Freddie Mac)',
'type': 'Corporation'}],
'customer_advisories': 'Offering a complimentary two-year subscription to a '
'credit monitoring service',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
'addresses',
'social security '
'numbers'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['loan application data']},
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-07-07',
'description': 'The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) '
'experienced a ransomware attack involving a vendor, '
'potentially exposing loan application data including names, '
'addresses, social security numbers, and financial '
'information.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'social security numbers',
'financial information']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-07-07',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Ransomware Attack on Freddie Mac',
'type': 'Ransomware'}