HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

1ST FRANKLIN FINANCIAL CORPORATION

bd_78421a87f880eedc · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 2, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for 1ST FRANKLIN FINANCIAL CORPORATION →

1st Franklin Financial Corporation notified consumers of a security incident on November 17, 2022, where an unauthorized third party accessed and potentially exfiltrated data. Affected data may include names, SSNs, bank account/routing numbers, and credit report information. The company blocked access, changed passwords, and engaged forensic experts. Approximately 22 Rhode Island residents were impacted; Vermont resident count not specified. Credit monitoring offered.

J jump to incidentP pin to compareR raw source

Incident timeline

Nov 17, 2022

Begins

Mar 2, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 8 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_0f301abc01d259d12023-03-02Verified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_7d2d18c82fcc9cb12023-03-02Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_6cc99e9fdb9359cb2023-03-09 · +7dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_c448f2a9cb8352f62023-02-22 · +8dVerified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 51d gap

California State AGbd_3fa3cf4006932edb2023-03-23 · +21dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_9eb0df3dc0ec2cb22023-01-18 · +43dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_6c626572f091c0f52023-01-10 · +51dVerified

Name: 1ST FRANKLIN FINANCIAL CORPORATION
norm: 1st franklin financial

Name: 1ST FRANKLIN FINANCIAL CORPORATION
norm: 1st franklin financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Nov 17, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 14, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Immediately investigated and aggressively responded to this event
Passwords were changed
Unauthorized access was blocked
Outside technical experts were engaged to further investigate and evaluate the nature and scope of the incident
Conducted a review of the data to identify individuals whose personal information may have been involved
Changes made: Continuing to take steps to enhance our security measures to help reduce the risk of something like this happening in the future
Offering 12 months of free credit monitoring and $1 million in identity theft insurance through Experian
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGJan 10 · first

Maine State AG+8d

South Carolina State AG+43d

Montana State AG+51d

New Hampshire State AG+51d

Vermont State AG+51d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+58d

California State AG+72d

Pattern: first filing Jan 10 (IN), last Mar 23 (CA) — a 72-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.

Source URL: https://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-03-02-1st-franklin-financial-corporation-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 2, 2023
Raw hash: feeff937e3cf863ca03381c331f8b92534e050dc49099a22aaa164515c2be144

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entity1ST FRANKLIN FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Victim entity1ST FRANKLIN FINANCIAL CORPORATION

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseImmediately investigated and aggressively responded to this event

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov