HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

First Bank of Alabama

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 20, 2018

Filed

Apr 1, 2019

To disclose

28 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for First Bank of Alabama →2 incidents on file

First Bank of Alabama notified the New Hampshire AG of unauthorized access to an employee email account between Sept 6-20, 2018. Discovered Sept 20, 2018. One NH resident's name and SSN were potentially exposed. FBA reset passwords, enhanced security, and provided 1 year of Kroll credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 14 days

discovery → filing · 28 weeks / 193 days

Sep 6, 2018

Begins

Sep 20, 2018

Discovered

Apr 1, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

+19 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_c4b109b8dcdd459d2019-03-27 · +5dVerified

Name: First Bank of Alabama
norm: first bank of alabama

Name: First Bank of Alabama
norm: first bank of alabama
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 20, 2018
Breach occurred: Sep 6, 2018 – Sep 20, 2018
Undetected for: 14 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 27, 2019
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged computer forensics experts
Reset passwords for FBA email accounts
Implemented increased security measures for email account access
Provided access to identity and credit monitoring services for one (1) year, through Kroll
Notified relevant regulatory agencies
Changes made: Reviewing policies and procedures relating to data security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 weeks(193 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 AGMar 27 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 27 (MA), last Apr 1 (NH) — a 5-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-alabama-20190401.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 1, 2019
Raw hash: 05af1dbb31dced3b5ab0ca2cf02e8e4fe463104baeafb8cfc26e62f9e11eabe5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFirst Bank of Alabama

Victim entityFirst Bank of Alabama

Incidentdiscovered Sep 20, 2018

Stated responseEngaged computer forensics experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov