MisuseFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Ametros Financial Corporation

bd_36a637e1f102bed4 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 3, 2020

Filed

Nov 9, 2020

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected

19state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Ametros Financial Corporation →3 incidents on file

Ametros Financial Corp. notified via IBERIABANK that a third-party lockbox provider, TMR, experienced a security incident. An employee's account was compromised, potentially exposing customer names and check images/mail containing PII. Activity occurred Aug 2018–May 2020. FBI was notified. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 698 days

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 129 days

Aug 5, 2018

Begins

Jul 3, 2020

Discovered

Nov 9, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+9 wks slower

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

Indiana State AGbd_d23cd9f0456c6a472020-11-09Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_01e90092cc70b8262020-11-10 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_23788a99986719932020-11-10 · +1dVerified

Name: Ametros Financial Corporation
norm: ametros financial

Name: Ametros Financial Corporation
norm: ametros financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 3, 2020
Breach occurred: Aug 5, 2018 – May 31, 2020
Undetected for: 698 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 19state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: TMR notified the FBI
Third party: via Technology Management Resources, Inc. (TMR)
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Secured the compromised account
Began an investigation in consultation with external cybersecurity professionals
Notified the FBI
Reset or deactivated TMR credentials
Implemented additional rules in their firewall to more tightly control the ability to access the iRemit website from other countries
Offering complementary credit monitoring and identity theft protection through CyberScout for twelve (12) months
Changes made: Reviewing all relevant business practices regarding the security of information maintained by TMR
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 weeks(129 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 · 4 states

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Indiana State AGNov 9 · first

Montana State AGNov 9 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/ametroSamp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 9, 2020
Raw hash: 7ad6f21037e64c27935f4a43351069297826efbd130dc6805de457ba582b51fe

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAmetros Financial Corporation

Victim entityAmetros Financial Corporation

Incidentdiscovered Jul 3, 2020

Stated responseSecured the compromised account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov