HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

BankNorth

bd_5197aa2508d8066f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 28, 2020

Filed

Sep 17, 2020

To disclose

29 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2,4732 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for BankNorth →

BankNorth, a financial services company, reported an external system breach that occurred on February 18, 2020. The breach was discovered on February 28, 2020, and affected 2 Maine residents. The compromised information includes names and Social Security numbers. BankNorth offered one year of credit monitoring services to the affected individuals.

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Maine clockDiscovered Feb 28, 2020 → Filed with AG Sep 17, 2020202d ✗ ME AG >90d29 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 · 10 days

discovery → filing · 29 weeks / 202 days

Feb 18, 2020

Begins

Feb 28, 2020

Discovered

Sep 17, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+20 wks slower

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

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_a0af7d4396e9556a2020-09-17Verified

Name: BankNorth
norm: banknorth

Name: BankNorth
norm: banknorth
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 28, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 18, 2020
Undetected for: 10 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 16, 2020
Affected individuals: 2,473state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

Changes made: Offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 weeks(202 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 202dME resident >180d · 201d
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: Feb 28, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Sep 17, 2020
202d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Feb 28, 2020
→ Notified: Sep 16, 2020
201d 180 days ME resident >180d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Feb 28, 2020 → Filed with AG: Sep 17, 2020	202d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Feb 28, 2020 → Notified: Sep 16, 2020	201d	180 days	ME resident >180d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGSep 17 · first

Maine State AGSep 17 · 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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/934d69a1-248d-4b7e-ba9e-dca38f0f352d.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 17, 2020
Raw hash: 39be4b30243e74f3ba6d53d51736cddd4e3054479b64d707896705ffa76e6d52

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBankNorth

Victim entityBankNorth

Incidentdiscovered Feb 28, 2020

Stated responseOffered one year of Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov