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HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Merchants Bank

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 24, 2025

Filed

Mar 25, 2025

To disclose

29 days

Affected · nationwide

6,1132 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Merchants Bank3 incidents on file

Merchants Bank reported an external system breach (hacking) on September 11, 2024, affecting one employee email account. The bank discovered on February 24, 2025, that the accessed files contained customer names. Approximately 6,113 individuals were affected, including 2 Maine residents. The bank contained the threat, engaged forensic investigators, and notified affected individuals on March 25, 2025, offering 12 months of credit monitoring.

Maine clockDiscovered Feb 24, 2025Filed with AG Mar 25, 202529d ME AG ≤30d29 days 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 · 166 days
discovery → filing · 29 days

Sep 11, 2024

Begins

Feb 24, 2025

Discovered

Mar 25, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGMar 25 · first
Nebraska State AGMar 25 · first
Maine State AGMar 25 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 25 (IN), last Apr 23 (MD) — a 394-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.