HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceVulnerability ExploitSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank

bd_446f0dfe95f66ddb · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 8, 2023

Filed

Jan 5, 2024

To disclose

21 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank →

Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank notified consumers of a data breach affecting its third-party vendor's MOVEit Transfer system. Unauthorized actors accessed files containing personal information (names, government IDs) between May 27-31, 2023. The bank engaged forensic specialists, terminated the vendor relationship, and provided two years of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday21 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 · 73 days

discovery → filing · 21 weeks / 150 days

May 27, 2023

Begins

Aug 8, 2023

Discovered

Jan 5, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+13 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of FISERV, INC. supply-chain incident (2023) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_5bb447cbb3999d162024-01-05Verified
Maine State AGbd_5d5382c52e10ff722024-01-05Candidate
Montana State AGbd_74c85f1bc12070322024-01-05Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_c124f866b83880fc2024-01-05Verified

Name: Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank
norm: woodsville guaranty savings bank

Name: Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank
norm: woodsville guaranty savings bank
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 8, 2023
Breach occurred: May 27, 2023 – May 31, 2023
Undetected for: 73 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 5, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified regulatory bodies as required
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Launched a comprehensive investigation
Engaged outside cybersecurity specialists
Ended its relationship with the third-party vendor involved in this incident
Notified regulatory bodies as required
Arranged for complimentary free identity monitoring service through Kroll for two years
Changes made: Vendor remediated all technical vulnerabilities and patched systems in accordance with the MOVEit software provider’s guidelines
Vendor mobilized a technical response team to examine the relevant MOVEit Transfer systems
WGSB ended its relationship with the third-party vendor
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 weeks(150 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 · 5 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGJan 5 · first

Maine State AGJan 5 · first

Montana State AGJan 5 · first

New Hampshire State AGJan 5 · first

Vermont State AGJan 5 · first · this page

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/2024-01-05-woodsville-guaranty-savings-bank-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 5, 2024
Raw hash: 2bf7bec9a1fd39175b31cb1c755fb15658582fafdd300578d09e3c749b457d87

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWoodsville Guaranty Savings Bank

Victim entityWoodsville Guaranty Savings Bank

Incidentdiscovered Aug 8, 2023

Stated responseLaunched a comprehensive investigation

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov