HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMediumResolved

Southeastern Bank Financial Corporation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 23, 2022

Filed

Oct 19, 2022

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected · nationwide

7,2371 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Southeastern Bank Financial Corporation →

Southeastern Financial, a financial services organization, experienced an external system breach on April 14, 2022, which was discovered on July 23, 2022. The incident affected 7,237 individuals, compromising names and financial account or card numbers along with their associated security codes, access codes, or PINs. The company began notifying affected individuals on October 19, 2022, and offered one year of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Kroll.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jul 23, 2022 → Filed with AG Oct 19, 202288d ⏱ ME AG >30d13 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 100 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 88 days

Apr 14, 2022

Begins

Jul 23, 2022

Discovered

Oct 19, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_e26a73900e00ed5e2022-10-19Verified

Name: Southeastern Bank Financial Corporation
norm: southeastern bank financial

Name: Southeastern Bank Financial Corporation
norm: southeastern bank financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 23, 2022
Breach occurred: Apr 14, 2022
Undetected for: 100 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 19, 2022
Affected individuals: 7,237state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

Changes made: Offered 1 Year of Credit Monitoring and Identity Theft Protection Services through Kroll
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(88 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 88d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jul 23, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Oct 19, 2022
88d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jul 23, 2022 → Filed with AG: Oct 19, 2022	88d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGOct 19 · first

Maine State AGOct 19 · 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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/dd647ce7-94b0-4801-9494-d3d9b5aa02a4.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 19, 2022
Raw hash: c0682b7d21797621a7cd69bd6ae9ec694d8d47e4546bb3c68a2a34babfd24865

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySoutheastern Bank Financial Corporation

Victim entitySoutheastern Bank Financial Corporation

Incidentdiscovered Jul 23, 2022

Stated responseOffered 1 Year of Credit Monitoring and Identity Theft Protection Services through Kroll

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov