DisclosureLens
HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedFinancial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

Salem Co-Operative Bank

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 27, 2010

Filed

Dec 28, 2010

To disclose

≤1 day

Affected

4state residents only

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Salem Co-Operative Bank →5 incidents on file

Salem Co-operative Bank notified the NH Attorney General that four New Hampshire residents' debit cards were compromised due to a data security breach at a third-party US Merchant's network. The bank discovered the issue on December 27, 2010, and notified affected individuals on December 28, 2010. Response actions included marking cards for monitoring, lowering limits, and issuing new cards.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · ≤1 day / 1 days

Dec 27, 2010

Discovered

Dec 28, 2010

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

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

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.