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HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

American Exchange Bank

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Severity

High

Discovered

Nov 16, 2020

Filed

Dec 28, 2020

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected · nationwide

10,2591 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for American Exchange Bank →2 incidents on file

American Exchange Bank, a financial services company, reported an external system breach (hacking) that occurred on October 22, 2020. The breach was discovered on November 16, 2020. One Maine resident was affected, and their name and Social Security number were acquired. Affected individuals were notified on December 28, 2020, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through TransUnion.

Maine clockDiscovered Nov 16, 2020 → Filed with AG Dec 28, 202042d ⏱ ME AG >30d6 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 25 days
discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 42 days

Oct 22, 2020

Begins

Nov 16, 2020

Discovered

Dec 28, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGDec 28 · first
Maine State AGDec 28 · first · this page

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.