HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIGovernment IDIdentity (basic)High

South Georgia Bank

bd_4878f5ee54323f39 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Nov 18, 2020

Filed

Jan 21, 2021

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected · nationwide

13,8391 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for South Georgia Bank →

South Georgia Bank experienced an external system breach on October 22, 2020, discovered on November 18, 2020. The breach affected 13,839 individuals, compromising names and Social Security Numbers. Affected individuals were notified on January 21, 2021, and offered 12 months of identity theft protection services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Nov 18, 2020 → Filed with AG Jan 21, 202164d ⏱ ME AG >30d9 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 · 27 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 64 days

Oct 22, 2020

Begins

Nov 18, 2020

Discovered

Jan 21, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 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

Massachusetts State AGbd_1d581f512b4befca2021-01-21Verified
Montana State AGbd_ffdcfb867d5cbb8c2021-01-19 · +2dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_df2fbcca5febe6f62020-12-18 · +34dVerified

Name: South Georgia Bank
norm: south georgia bank

Name: South Georgia Bank
norm: south georgia bank
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 18, 2020
Breach occurred: Oct 22, 2020
Undetected for: 27 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 21, 2021
Affected individuals: 13,839state + nationwide
Data types: PIIGovernment IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected consumers.
Offered identity theft protection services.
Changes made: Offered 12 months of single bureau credit and identity monitoring from Epiq Global.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(64 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 64d
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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Nov 18, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Jan 21, 2021
64d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Nov 18, 2020 → Filed with AG: Jan 21, 2021	64d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGDec 18 · first

Montana State AG+32d

Massachusetts State AG+34d

Maine State AG+34d · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 18 (IN), last Jan 21 (ME) — a 34-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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/e612f9d3-f44b-4ff0-a0dc-49903e37c853.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 21, 2021
Raw hash: 4ef1dcf572a48cf86ef9e9a0a2658f20127aa4a8f04025e32fb257d47c87252b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySouth Georgia Bank

Victim entitySouth Georgia Bank

Incidentdiscovered Nov 18, 2020

Stated responseSent written notification to affected consumers.

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov