Veterans First Mortgage

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Veterans First Mortgage on December 8, 2021. The breach, discovered on October 29, 2021, involved compromised employee email accounts, potentially affecting the personal information of 712 individuals, including names, contact details, date of birth, Social Security numbers, and financial account information. Identity theft protection services, including 24 months of credit monitoring through Experian, were offered.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/6844d467-4792-4603-9a16-de745b5b81d0.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/veterans-first-mortgage

"id": "vet249072925",
"linkid": "veterans-first-mortgage",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2021",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 712,
                        'industry': 'Financial Services',
                        'name': 'Veterans First Mortgage',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Compromised Employee Email Accounts',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 712,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
                                                         'contact details',
                                                         'date of birth',
                                                         'Social Security '
                                                         'numbers'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'contact details',
                                              'date of birth',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'financial account information']},
 'date_detected': '2021-10-29',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-12-08',
 'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving Veterans First Mortgage on December 8, 2021. '
                'The breach, discovered on October 29, 2021, involved '
                'compromised employee email accounts, potentially affecting '
                'the personal information of 712 individuals, including names, '
                'contact details, date of birth, Social Security numbers, and '
                'financial account information. Identity theft protection '
                'services, including 24 months of credit monitoring through '
                'Experian, were offered.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'contact details',
                                 'date of birth',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'financial account information'],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High',
            'payment_information_risk': 'High'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-12-08',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Veterans First Mortgage',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}