HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

PeoplesBank

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 8, 2026

Filed

Sep 1, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

23,731state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for PeoplesBank →21 incidents on file

PeoplesBank notified customers of a data security incident involving its third-party service provider, IDScan.net. Unauthorized access to IDScan.net systems occurred between April 2026 and September 2026, discovered on September 8, 2026. Affected data may include full name, address, driver's license or state ID number, and date of birth. IDScan.net is offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

Apr 1, 2026

Begins

Sep 8, 2026

Discovered

Sep 1, 2026

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed23,731 affectedView incident

Name: PeoplesBank
norm: peoplesbank

Name: PeoplesBank
norm: peoplesbank
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 8, 2026
Breach occurred: Apr 1, 2026 – Sep 1, 2026
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 23,731state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notifying appropriate regulatory agencies and law enforcement
Third party: via IDScan.net
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Working with IDScan.net to understand the scope of the incident
Supporting appropriate response efforts
Notifying appropriate regulatory agencies and law enforcement
Changes made: Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through IDScan.net
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.

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.mass.gov/doc/2026-1677-peoplesbank/download
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 1, 2026
Raw hash: 7f92d8ac1de0783a8e4d8d8bbe7259b7a809b868fc65ebd2f9b247a83a3332ac

Reporting entityPeoplesBank

Victim entityPeoplesBank

Incidentdiscovered Sep 8, 2026

Stated responseWorking with IDScan.net to understand the scope of the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.mass.gov