MalwareFinancial ServicesTechnologyFinanceRansomwareData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Bank of Forest (American Banking Systems)

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 22, 2020

Filed

Dec 18, 2020

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Bank of Forest (American Banking Systems) →

American Bank Systems (ABS), a provider of banking software, notified Bank of Forest that a cybercriminal infected ABS systems with malware on October 22, 2020. The incident resulted in unauthorized access to customer data including names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. ABS engaged forensic specialists, reset passwords, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 57 days

Oct 22, 2020

Discovered

Dec 18, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Bank of Forest (American Banking Systems)
norm: bank of forest american banking

Name: Bank of Forest (American Banking Systems)
norm: bank of forest american banking
Industry: Financial ServicesllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Oct 22, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 18, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Took systems offline
Launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the incident
Engaged third-party computer forensic specialists
Resetting ABS user passwords
Offering 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through TransUnion
Changes made: Reviewed existing security policies
Implemented additional measures, including advanced endpoint monitoring
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(57 days from discovery to filing)
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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/forestSamp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 18, 2020
Raw hash: 1ae324795c013163b9a70bcc0e26fd93b9b1f4b5f98b55399d6579347f5d54a3

Reporting entityBank of Forest (American Banking Systems)

Victim entityBank of Forest (American Banking Systems)

Incidentdiscovered Oct 22, 2020

Stated responseTook systems offline

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov