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HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDHigh

Citizens Bank of Americus

bd_5a4d766fdc3dce4e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Nov 18, 2020

Filed

Jan 4, 2021

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected · nationwide

32,4313 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Citizens Bank of Americus →

Citizens Bank of Americus reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General, indicating that an external system breach (hacking) occurred on October 22, 2020. The breach was discovered on November 18, 2020, and affected 3 Maine residents. The compromised information included names and Social Security numbers. The bank offered 12 months of credit and identity monitoring services through TransUnion to the affected individuals.

Maine clockDiscovered Nov 18, 2020 → Filed with AG Jan 4, 202147d ⏱ ME AG >30d7 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 · 7 weeks / 47 days

Oct 22, 2020

Begins

Nov 18, 2020

Discovered

Jan 4, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGDec 28 · first
Maine State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 28 (IN), last Jan 4 (ME) — a 7-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.