AccidentalFinancial ServicesFinanceLossData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Identity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 23, 2012

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION →

Regions Financial Corporation reported a data security breach involving the loss of a USB flash drive containing personal information of individuals enrolled in its 401(k) plan. The incident involved Ernst & Young LLP, Regions' audit firm, which mailed a drive containing names, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth to another office. The drive was lost in transit, though the device was encrypted (with the password included in the package). Regions offered one year of free credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

Nov 18, 2011

Begins

Jan 23, 2012

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_785e61352ef62b982012-01-27 · +4dVerified

Name: REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
norm: regions financial

Name: REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
norm: regions financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Nov 18, 2011
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: Submitted Breach Notification to California Office of the Attorney General
Third party: via Ernst & Young LLP
Initial access: removable_media

During the incident: Sent notification letters to affected individuals
Offered 1 year of complimentary credit monitoring
Established a toll-free call center to answer questions
Changes made: Providing additional training to the Ernst & Young team regarding the proper handling of confidential information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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California State AGJan 23 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+4d

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-22147
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 23, 2012
Raw hash: 3f186bc72e75e8129d08b2eadccaa7048198f84ce38dabc6f5b75ed866b2686b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityREGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Victim entityREGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION

IncidentThird-Party / Supply Chain

Stated responseSent notification letters to affected individuals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov