HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPIIMediumContained

Adams Bank & Trust

bd_33d724a11bbb29de · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 16, 2023

Filed

Nov 15, 2023

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Adams Bank & Trust →3 incidents on file

Adams Bank & Trust notified consumers of a cybersecurity incident where an unauthorized actor accessed systems between May 15-16, 2023. Files containing PII, SSNs, and financial data were acquired. The bank took systems offline, engaged law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday26 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 · 1 days

discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 183 days

May 15, 2023

Begins

May 16, 2023

Discovered

Nov 15, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+18 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_739ed6371645a2352023-11-15Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_7931c4b1d2e8f92c2023-11-15Verified
Maine State AGbd_b81d52c02510b8a92023-11-15Verified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_da85e8f20a30723f2023-11-15Verified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_1b15ad4293f159b92024-03-01 · +107dVerified

Name: Adams Bank & Trust
norm: adams bank

Name: Adams Bank & Trust
norm: adams bank
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: May 16, 2023
Breach occurred: May 15, 2023 – May 16, 2023
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Nov 15, 2023
Notification sent: Nov 15, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPII
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified relevant regulators
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Took systems offline
Launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the event
Notified law enforcement
Notified relevant regulators
Offering 12/24 months of complimentary credit monitoring through IDX
Changes made: Reviewed policies and procedures
Taken significant steps to strengthen security and system monitoring
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 weeks(183 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: 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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGNov 15 · first

Massachusetts State AGNov 15 · first

Maine State AGNov 15 · first

New Hampshire State AGNov 15 · first

Vermont State AGNov 15 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+107d

Pattern: first filing Nov 15 (MT), last Mar 1 (NH) — a 107-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-11-15-adams-bank-trust-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 15, 2023
Raw hash: 9b754dd16f95f538d1ae8f31de11ec4fbc636949bc7e7dc195d99d1d33c1ac44

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAdams Bank & Trust

Victim entityAdams Bank & Trust

Incidentdiscovered May 16, 2023

Stated responseTook systems offline

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov