Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 27, 2017

Filed

Oct 31, 2017

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc. d/b/a Sonabank notified the NH AG of a phishing incident affecting employee email accounts. Unauthorized access occurred between June 4 and August 26, 2017. Data exposed included names, SSNs, driver's license numbers, and financial account info. 3 NH residents affected. Notifications sent Oct 31, 2017.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 53 days

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 96 days

Jun 4, 2017

Begins

Jul 27, 2017

Discovered

Oct 31, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_4b23faf6b11f0a072017-10-31Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_c72187ffa765b6202017-10-31Verified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc.
norm: southern national bancorp of virginia
Also named: Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc.dba oflegal entity
Sonabankdba oftrade name
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 27, 2017
Breach occurred: Jun 4, 2017 – Aug 26, 2017
Undetected for: 53 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 31, 2017
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: provided notice of this incident to the consumer reporting agencies, as well as to other state officials as required by law
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Third-party forensic experts were hired to investigate the nature and scope of the incident
Ensured that all affected employees changed their passwords
Implementing additional measures to further safeguard its systems
Reviewing its existing policies and procedures to protect the privacy and security of personal information within its care
Providing written notice of this incident to all affected individuals
Offering affected individuals access to 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services with Experian
Provided notice of this incident to the consumer reporting agencies
Changes made: Ensured that all affected employees changed their passwords
Implementing additional measures to further safeguard its systems
Reviewing its existing policies and procedures to protect the privacy and security of personal information within its care
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(96 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGOct 31 · first

Massachusetts State AGOct 31 · first

New Hampshire State AGOct 31 · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/southern-national-bancorp-20171031.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 31, 2017
Raw hash: 83b39ff85427682ac8faccff48d8a02b7a38f56832db0fb2ea49a39d30bb02a1

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entitySouthern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 27, 2017

Stated responseThird-party forensic experts were hired to investigate the nature and scope of the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov