Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Gateway First Bank

bd_a0ce5657a222bf71 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 1, 2022

Filed

Jun 1, 2023

To disclose

16 months

Affected

8state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Gateway First Bank →2 incidents on file

Gateway First Bank notified Montana residents of unauthorized access to email accounts discovered on February 1, 2022. The incident involved phishing leading to credential compromise and email collection. Affected data included names and other personal information. The bank offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks protection.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 16 months / 485 days

Feb 1, 2022

Discovered

Jun 1, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+61 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_2b2a05e167a71faa2023-06-01Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_aa63b0a91719ee3f2023-06-01Verified

Name: Gateway First Bank
norm: gateway first bank

Name: Gateway First Bank
norm: gateway first bank
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 1, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 8state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Began an investigation
Took steps to secure its email environment
Conducted a thorough review of the files
Offering complimentary identity theft protection services through a one-year membership with Experian IdentityWorks
Changes made: Implementing a number of additional measures to enhance already existing cybersecurity defenses
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 months(485 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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Maine State AGJun 1 · first

Massachusetts State AGJun 1 · first

Montana State AGJun 1 · 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/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-328.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 1, 2023
Raw hash: 652b0d145d551ceeb506e97e09d9e7f43c5d751e5059564e6b4edd8a4676a82f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGateway First Bank

Victim entityGateway First Bank

Incidentdiscovered Feb 1, 2022

Stated responseBegan an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov