Confirmed breach

Academy Mortgage data breach

USUnited States · Academy Mortgage Corporation

Academy Mortgage (United States) notified the Oregon Department of Justice, the Iowa Attorney General, the California Attorney General and the Washington Attorney General of a data breach on 27 December 2023. It told the states about 284,443 Oregon residents; the total can be higher. The breach began on 21 March 2023, 281 days before it was reported.

Status: Confirmed breach
People affected: 284,443 Oregon residents (one state’s count; the total can be higher)
Reported: 27 December 2023
Across the state notices: at least 301,526 people (Oregon and Washington: each state counts only its own residents)
Breach began: 21 March 2023
Time to tell: 281 days (the median in California’s notices over the last year: 154 days)

What was exposed

The register’s list does not say what was exposed; the notice it links to (under Sources) usually does.

Before the notice: the ransomware gang ALPHV (BlackCat) named Academy Mortgage on its leak site on 26 July 2023, 154 days before this was reported. Matched by the organisation’s name: the notice itself does not say who the attacker was.

Sources

Official notices are read by code from the regulator’s own register. More notices to Oregon, Iowa, California, Washington. · Corrections and changes

If Academy Mortgage had your data

Look for Academy Mortgage Corporation’s own notice or letter: it should say what of yours was involved. Keep it.
The register’s list does not say what was exposed; the notice it links to (under Sources) usually does. If Academy Mortgage Corporation has a password of yours, change it now to be safe.
Expect scams that use your details: calls, texts or emails pretending to be Academy Mortgage Corporation, your bank or the police. Never give codes or passwords, never approve a sign-in you did not start, never move money.

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