HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 4, 2018

Filed

Nov 5, 2018

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

21state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION →13 incidents on file

HSBC Bank USA, National Association notified the NH Attorney General of unauthorized access to online banking accounts between October 4 and October 14, 2018. 21 New Hampshire residents were affected. Compromised data included names, addresses, account numbers, and transaction history. HSBC suspended affected accounts and enhanced authentication. Credit monitoring was offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 32 days

Oct 4, 2018

Begins

Oct 4, 2018

Discovered

Nov 5, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_585ab6ff7ed09cd62018-11-02 · +3dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_5a8a55a46dce1f2c2018-11-27 · +22dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_aa21a0dd7d0057922018-11-27 · +22dVerified

Name: HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
norm: hsbc bank usa national

Name: HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
norm: hsbc bank usa national
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 4, 2018
Breach occurred: Oct 4, 2018 – Oct 14, 2018
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 9, 2018
Affected individuals: 21state-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: Suspended online access to the accounts as soon as they were identified
Enhanced the authentication process for HSBC Personal Internet Banking by adding an additional layer of security
Changes made: Offering a complimentary one-year subscription to Identity Guard, a credit monitoring and identity theft protection service
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(32 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

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California State AGNov 2 · first

New Hampshire State AG+3d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+25d

New Hampshire State AG+25d

Pattern: first filing Nov 2 (CA), last Nov 27 (NH) — a 25-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/hsbc-bank-20181105.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 5, 2018
Raw hash: e96dee553e36dc31882aecd20568f7048d41fa45c9bf0f94b1dd79e4d8122165

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Victim entityHSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Incidentdiscovered Oct 4, 2018

Stated responseSuspended online access to the accounts as soon as they were identified

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov