MFA Financial, Inc.

Mar 10, 2021 — 1 min read

On September 1, 2021, the Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that MFA Financial, Inc. experienced a data breach on March 10, 2021, due to external system hacking. Approximately 13,006 individuals were affected, with information such as Social Security numbers potentially compromised. MFA is providing free credit monitoring and other identity theft protection services for two years to the affected individuals.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/92650974-2add-4584-b758-f3321de1ec0d.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/mfa-financial

"id": "mfa550072825",
"linkid": "mfa-financial",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "3/2021",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 13006,
                        'industry': 'Financial Services',
                        'name': 'MFA Financial, Inc.',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'External System Hacking',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 13006,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2021-03-10',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-09-01',
 'description': 'MFA Financial, Inc. experienced a data breach on March 10, '
                '2021, due to external system hacking. Approximately 13,006 '
                'individuals were affected, with information such as Social '
                'Security numbers potentially compromised.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers'],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-09-01',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Free credit monitoring and identity '
                                       'theft protection services for two '
                                       'years']},
 'title': 'MFA Financial, Inc. Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}

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Jeremy C