HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

EQUITY BANCSHARES, INC.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 2, 2021

Filed

Jan 4, 2022

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

9state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for EQUITY BANCSHARES, INC. →

Equity Bancshares, Inc. notified the NH AG of a data event affecting 9 NH residents. A third party accessed limited personal info (name, address, financial account numbers) starting Nov 1, 2021. Notification sent Dec 30, 2021. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 63 days

Nov 1, 2021

Begins

Nov 2, 2021

Discovered

Jan 4, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_1a4e3a3b479381a62021-12-30 · +5dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_34e9b01197b878142021-12-30 · +5dVerified
Montana State AGbd_6f2ea3f208b0f9832021-12-30 · +5dCandidate
Maine State AGbd_db6e6de97542a3d42021-12-30 · +5dCandidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: EQUITY BANCSHARES, INC.
norm: equity bancshares
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 2, 2021
Breach occurred: Nov 1, 2021 – Nov 2, 2021
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 30, 2021
Affected individuals: 9state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took steps to resolve the disruption, eliminate the third party’s access, restore system usage, and investigate the nature and scope of the incident
Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Providing access to credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months, through Kroll
Changes made: Implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Develop and implement additional cybersecurity measures to protect against incidents from occurring
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(63 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Massachusetts State AGDec 30 · first

Indiana State AGDec 30 · first

Montana State AGDec 30 · first

Maine State AGDec 30 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 30 (MA), last Jan 4 (NH) — a 5-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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.

Source URL: https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/equity-bancshares-20220104.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 4, 2022
Raw hash: 53550c135bdf967a0fbcf85b055517795912c502e7d0d0caf72945104e0a8f57

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityEQUITY BANCSHARES, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Nov 2, 2021

Stated responseTook steps to resolve the disruption, eliminate the third party’s access, restore system usage, and investigate the nature and scope of the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov