HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Lowndes Bancshares Inc

bd_8ad3bf0c4c241018 · schema v1 · pii pii-v2

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 11, 2025

Filed

Jul 7, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Lowndes Bancshares Inc →

Lowndes Bancshares Inc d/b/a Farmers and Merchants Bank notified Nebraska AG of a data event affecting 2 Nebraska residents. Unauthorized access occurred Feb 24-Mar 4, 2025, via human error (valid credentials). Exposed names and SSNs. Discovered April 11, 2025. Notified law enforcement and provided 1 year of Experian credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 46 days

Feb 24, 2025

Begins

Apr 11, 2025

Discovered

Jul 7, 2025

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2 affectedView incident

Name: Lowndes
norm: lowndes
Domain: lowndes-law.com

Name: Lowndes Bancshares Inc
norm: lowndes bancshares
Also named: Lowndes Bancshares Incdba oflegal entity
Farmers and Merchants Bankdba oftrade name
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 11, 2025
Breach occurred: Feb 24, 2025 – Mar 4, 2025
Undetected for: 46 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 7, 2025
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcement regarding the event
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Began an investigation to determine what occurred and to validate the security of its computer network
Completed a comprehensive review of the files
Notified federal law enforcement regarding the event
Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Providing access to credit monitoring services for one (1) year, through Experian
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
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.

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://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/8f370fc9-ea8e-4dbc-b5f4-f9b03f31e058.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 7, 2025
Raw hash: 7bedd4c306d662b5213edf8823ce2c7c05dd99e75e684fd1da35c9c0ea06e643

Reporting entityLowndes

Victim entityLowndes Bancshares Inc

Incidentdiscovered Apr 11, 2025

Stated responseBegan an investigation to determine what occurred and to validate the security of its computer network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov