MisuseFinancial ServicesFinancePrivilege AbuseData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial credentialsMediumContained

BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 18, 2021

Filed

Dec 20, 2021

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION →130 incidents on file

Bank of America notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a breach involving one NH resident. A former employee accessed customer data for fraud purposes between April 6, 2021, and September 18, 2021. Exposed data included PII, SSN, and financial account details. The resident was notified on December 21, 2021, and offered two years of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 165 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 93 days

Apr 6, 2021

Begins

Sep 18, 2021

Discovered

Dec 20, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_8220f0f81ddef7e52021-12-21 · +1dVerified

Name: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
norm: bank of america
Domain: bankofamerica.com

Name: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
norm: bank of america
Domain: bankofamerica.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 18, 2021
Breach occurred: Apr 6, 2021
Undetected for: 165 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 21, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: InternalFinancial
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Conducted our own internal investigation to protect and minimize any financial impact
Monitoring your banking relationship and will notify you if we detect any suspicious or unauthorized activity
Work with you to resolve unauthorized transactions on your Bank of America accounts related to this incident if reported in a timely manner
Arranged for a complimentary two-year membership in an identity theft protection service provided by Experian IdentityWorksSM
Changes made: Conducted our own internal investigation
Monitoring your banking relationship
Work with you to resolve unauthorized transactions
Arranged for a complimentary two-year membership in an identity theft protection service provided by Experian IdentityWorksSM
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(93 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGDec 20 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/bank-american-20211220.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 20, 2021
Raw hash: efc8e6841fa3ca833983cc38e7fc62e1826eef5d2bcafe90e0856ff0a042aee4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION

Victim entityBANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION

Incidentdiscovered Sep 18, 2021

Stated responseConducted our own internal investigation to protect and minimize any financial impact

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov