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HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIFinancial accountCredentialsLowContained

Merrick Bank

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 8, 2019

Filed

Apr 12, 2019

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%
All records for Merrick Bank →3 incidents on file

Account takeover notice

Merrick Bank notified cardholders of unauthorized access to their accounts. The filing says: “On March 15, 2019, we learned through our investigation that an unauthorized individual or group obtained access to the online accounts of some of our cardholders using credential information obtained elsewhere , therefore, out of an abundance of caution, we are providing you with notification, credit and identity monitoring services, and resources that you can use to protect yourself.”

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.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 35 days

Mar 8, 2019

Discovered

Apr 12, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
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.