HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIFinancial accountCredentialsLowContained

Merrick Bank

bd_818cfdd6c4552b30 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 8, 2019

Filed

Apr 12, 2019

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Merrick Bank →3 incidents on file

Merrick Bank notified Montana residents of a data security incident detected on March 8, 2019. Unauthorized individuals accessed some cardholder online accounts using credential information obtained elsewhere. Impacted data included names, emails, account balances, credit limits, last four digits of credit cards, and transaction histories. The bank engaged forensic experts, reported to law enforcement, and offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 35 days

Mar 8, 2019

Discovered

Apr 12, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

New Hampshire State AGbd_4e97035f865520a52019-04-12Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_e9f204dbd83c82552019-04-12Verified

Name: Merrick Bank
norm: merrick bank
Domain: merrickbank.com

Name: Merrick Bank
norm: merrick bank
Domain: merrickbank.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 8, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 5, 2019
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: PIIFinancial accountCredentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported to law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation including the assistance of an independent digital forensics expert
Reported the incident to law enforcement
Provided complimentary identity and credit monitoring services through Kroll for one (1) year
Recommended cardholders change their password used to access the Merrick banking mobile application
Changes made: Took steps to further secure the mobile banking application system
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(35 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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New Hampshire State AGApr 12 · first

Massachusetts State AGApr 12 · first

Montana State AGApr 12 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/CON-Merrick-Bank-Consumer-Notification-Letter-FINAL.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 12, 2019
Raw hash: be7826da2f22f4b5ea5d8feb17a92265fdc6334534a6ba69b3e086ff7ae1c3ca

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMerrick Bank

Victim entityMerrick Bank

Incidentdiscovered Mar 8, 2019

Stated responseLaunched an investigation including the assistance of an independent digital forensics expert

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov