Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)CredentialsLowContained

First Bank of Alabama

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 5, 2023

Filed

May 24, 2024

To disclose

33 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for First Bank of Alabama →2 incidents on file

First Bank of Alabama notified consumers of a data breach involving unauthorized access to email accounts from Oct 3-5, 2023. The incident likely resulted from phishing, compromising user credentials. Affected data included names and other personal information. The bank secured the environment, engaged forensic vendors, reported to regulators, and offered 12 months of identity monitoring via Kroll.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday33 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 · 2 days

discovery → filing · 33 weeks / 232 days

Oct 3, 2023

Begins

Oct 5, 2023

Discovered

May 24, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+25 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

Massachusetts State AGbd_1b8716a3e9ecacef2024-05-24Verified
Indiana State AGbd_a0fd0d2490e45dd52024-05-24Verified

Name: First Bank of Alabama
norm: first bank of alabama

Name: First Bank of Alabama
norm: first bank of alabama
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 5, 2023
Breach occurred: Oct 3, 2023 – Oct 5, 2023
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 24, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Credentials
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: FBAL reported this incident to the appropriate regulators
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Immediately took steps to secure the environment
Launched an investigation
Engaged a data review vendor
Reported this incident to the appropriate regulators
Offering you immediate access to identity monitoring services for 12 months at no cost to you, through Kroll
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 33 weeks(232 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: 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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGMay 24 · first

Indiana State AGMay 24 · first

Vermont State AGMay 24 · 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-05-24-first-bank-alabama-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 24, 2024
Raw hash: 520c281c4a196c416b688f61a897cd1511fe6ca28a324e6e4e96f96c9f78a8a9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFirst Bank of Alabama

Victim entityFirst Bank of Alabama

Incidentdiscovered Oct 5, 2023

Stated responseImmediately took steps to secure the environment

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov