HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

First Bank

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 2, 2020

Filed

Oct 26, 2020

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for First Bank →6 incidents on file

First Bank notified the NH Attorney General of unauthorized access to an employee's email account starting May 30, 2020. Discovered July 2, 2020. No evidence data was viewed, but notice provided in caution. One NH resident affected. Data included names, SSNs, and financial account numbers. Remediation included credential reset, forensic investigation, and 1 year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 33 days

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 116 days

May 30, 2020

Begins

Jul 2, 2020

Discovered

Oct 26, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+8 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_99b0e949f12189262020-10-20 · +6dVerified
Montana State AGbd_e5fab92bf0bd76ad2020-10-20 · +6dCandidate

Name: First Bank
norm: first bank
Domain: myfirstbank.com

Name: First Bank
norm: first bank
Domain: myfirstbank.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 2, 2020
Breach occurred: May 30, 2020
Undetected for: 33 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 20, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: providing notice to regulators as required
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Changed the employee's email account credentials
Began an investigation into the incident
Conducted with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Conducted a thorough and time-consuming review of the account
Worked to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Providing individuals whose personal information was potentially impacted by this incident with access to 1 year of credit monitoring services through ID Experts at no cost to the individuals
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing notice to regulators as required
Changes made: Worked to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 weeks(116 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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Massachusetts State AGOct 20 · first

Montana State AGOct 20 · first

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Oct 20 (MA), last Oct 26 (NH) — a 6-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/first-bank-20201026.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 26, 2020
Raw hash: 4ead63444d4236c48f301b76201a0c99c89222303cd2f9a1c70837f5c1e46882

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFirst Bank

Victim entityFirst Bank

Incidentdiscovered Jul 2, 2020

Stated responseChanged the employee's email account credentials

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov