Northpoint Mortgage, Inc.

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Northpoint Mortgage, Inc. on December 23, 2022. The breach occurred on November 21, 2022, due to insider wrongdoing, affecting a total of 131 individuals, including 114 Maine residents, with personal information such as Social Security numbers potentially compromised. Identity theft protection services, including 12 months of Experian credit monitoring, were offered to affected individuals.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/179f7fbf-85fc-4082-aa4d-53b37ebc39d5.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/northpointmortgage

"id": "nor956080425",
"linkid": "northpointmortgage",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2022",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 131,
                        'industry': 'Financial Services',
                        'name': 'Northpoint Mortgage, Inc.',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Insider Wrongdoing',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 131,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['Social Security '
                                                         'numbers'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2022-11-21',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-12-23',
 'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving Northpoint Mortgage, Inc. on December 23, '
                '2022. The breach occurred on November 21, 2022, due to '
                'insider wrongdoing, affecting a total of 131 individuals, '
                'including 114 Maine residents, with personal information such '
                'as Social Security numbers potentially compromised. Identity '
                'theft protection services, including 12 months of Experian '
                'credit monitoring, were offered to affected individuals.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers'],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
 'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Insider wrongdoing'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-12-23',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Identity theft protection services',
                                       '12 months of Experian credit '
                                       'monitoring']},
 'threat_actor': 'Insider',
 'title': 'Northpoint Mortgage, Inc. Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}