HackingFinancial ServicesTechnologyFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Royal Bank

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 22, 2020

Filed

Dec 16, 2020

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

18state residents only

Confidence

66%

American Bank Systems (ABS), a third-party software provider, notified Royal Bank that an unauthorized party accessed a backup database containing customer personal information (address, DOB, tax ID, account numbers) on October 22, 2020. ABS blocked access, implemented endpoint monitoring, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 55 days

Oct 22, 2020

Discovered

Dec 16, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed18 affectedView incident

Name: American Bank Systems
norm: american bank

Name: Royal Bank
norm: royal bank
Industry: Financial ServicesllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Oct 22, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 18state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took steps to block the unauthorized access and mitigate the impact
Began working with impacted institutions to ensure data entrusted to us is adequately protected with rigorous security procedures
Reviewed existing security policies and implemented advanced endpoint monitoring
Offering you access to credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through TransUnion
Changes made: Implemented advanced endpoint monitoring to further protect information in our care
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(55 days from discovery to filing)
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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/royalSamp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 16, 2020
Raw hash: 3657bd89aa7fa23578987edef3fbf16b7d04cdabf7c7c791e8fa481cb75f4d24

Reporting entityAmerican Bank Systems

Victim entityRoyal Bank

Incidentdiscovered Oct 22, 2020

Stated responseTook steps to block the unauthorized access and mitigate the impact

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov