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West Plains Bank and Trust Company

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Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 13, 2021

Filed

Jan 12, 2022

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2,3211 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for West Plains Bank and Trust Company →

West Plains Bank and Trust Company experienced an external system breach (hacking) between August 14, 2021, and September 7, 2021. The breach was discovered on December 13, 2021. The incident involved the Social Security Numbers of 2,321 individuals, including one resident of Maine. Notification to affected consumers was sent on January 12, 2022, and 12 months of identity monitoring services were offered through Experian.

Maine clockDiscovered Dec 13, 2021 → Filed with AG Jan 12, 202230d ✓ ME AG ≤30d4 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 121 days
discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Aug 14, 2021

Begins

Dec 13, 2021

Discovered

Jan 12, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGJan 12 · first
Massachusetts State AGJan 12 · first
Maine State AGJan 12 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 12 (IN), last Mar 10 (MT) — a 57-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.