MalwareFinancial ServicesTechnologyFinanceRansomwareData ExfiltratedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

American Bank Systems

bd_8e5b63db1b99120e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 22, 2020

Filed

Dec 22, 2020

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

American Bank Systems (ABS) notified customers of a cyber incident discovered on October 22, 2020, where malware infected systems and resulted in unauthorized access to customer documents. ABS took systems offline, engaged forensic specialists, reset passwords, and offered credit monitoring. No identity theft was confirmed.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 61 days

Oct 22, 2020

Discovered

Dec 22, 2020

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_c2e92ee20c855fc12020-12-22Verified

Name: American Bank Systems
norm: american bank systems

Name: American Bank Systems
norm: american bank systems
Industry: Financial ServicesllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Oct 22, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Took systems offline
Launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the incident
Working to investigate the source of the disruption
Resetting ABS user passwords
Offering you access to credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through TransUnion
Changes made: Reviewed existing security policies
Implemented additional measures, including advanced endpoint monitoring
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(61 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGDec 22 · first

Montana State AGDec 22 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/kremSamp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 22, 2020
Raw hash: 65fd5fb42ec5caa14e70057ec8a94d06887f9568219d3d0f9a10c5fd63507051

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAmerican Bank Systems

Victim entityAmerican Bank Systems

Incidentdiscovered Oct 22, 2020

Stated responseTook systems offline

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov