HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Standard Bank Group Limited

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 4, 2023

Filed

Jun 5, 2023

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Standard Bank Group Limited →2 incidents on file

Dollar Bank FSB reported an unauthorized access incident affecting Standard Bank systems, which merged with Dollar Bank. Unauthorized third-party access occurred between March 24, 2021, and February 4, 2023. Five New Hampshire residents were affected. Dollar Bank engaged forensic specialists, worked with law enforcement, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 682 days

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 121 days

Mar 24, 2021

Begins

Feb 4, 2023

Discovered

Jun 5, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+9 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed5 affectedView incident

Name: Dollar Bank, FSB
norm: dollar bank fsb

Name: Standard Bank Group Limited
norm: standard bank
Domain: standardbank.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 4, 2023
Breach occurred: Mar 24, 2021 – Feb 4, 2023
Undetected for: 682 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 31, 2023
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified applicable regulatory authoritiesProvided written notice to relevant state regulatorsNotified the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Activated incident response protocols
Took all Standard Bank systems offline
Engaged external forensic specialists to investigate
Worked with law enforcement
Notified law enforcement
Provided access to credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months through Kroll Essential Monitoring
Changes made: Reviews policies, procedures and processes related to the storage and access of personal information on an ongoing basis
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 weeks(121 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/dollar-bank-fsb-20230605.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 5, 2023
Raw hash: 908036d73eacbd0d4f6aa311fc2377e19b40fb6c4dcdcda07e86dd05c4ba5ce7

Reporting entityDollar Bank, FSB

Victim entityStandard Bank Group Limited

Incidentdiscovered Feb 4, 2023

Stated responseActivated incident response protocols

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov