HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

The Luzerne Bank

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 18, 2018

Filed

Dec 6, 2018

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The Luzerne Bank →

Luzerne Bank notified the NH Attorney General that an unauthorized individual accessed an email account between Sept 13-18, 2018. The compromise affected 4 NH residents, exposing full names and SSNs. The bank engaged cybersecurity professionals, offered 1-year credit monitoring via TransUnion, and began notifying affected individuals on Dec 7, 2018.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 5 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 79 days

Sep 13, 2018

Begins

Sep 18, 2018

Discovered

Dec 6, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed4 affectedView incident

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: The Luzerne Bank
norm: the luzerne bank
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 18, 2018
Breach occurred: Sep 13, 2018 – Sep 18, 2018
Undetected for: 5 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 7, 2018
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Provided residents with written notice
Provided dedicated call center support
Offered a one-year complimentary membership with a credit monitoring and identity theft protection service
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(79 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/luzerne-bank-20181206.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 6, 2018
Raw hash: 8c868b43f6f97c3915c6f48dbacf7f35f90bc8d93f3f49ec62a915eb8197f10a

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityThe Luzerne Bank

Incidentdiscovered Sep 18, 2018

Stated responseLaunched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov