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Salem Five Cents Savings Bank

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 24, 2023

Filed

Mar 29, 2023

To disclose

5 days

Affected · nationwide

51 in this filing

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Salem Five Cents Savings Bank →84 incidents on file

Salem Five Cents Bank reported a data breach affecting 5 individuals due to a security incident at a third-party agent. The breach occurred between September 1, 2020, and February 3, 2022, and was discovered on March 24, 2023. The compromised information includes names and financial account or credit/debit card numbers along with access codes. Affected individuals were notified in writing.

Maine clockDiscovered Mar 24, 2023 → Filed with AG Mar 29, 20235d ✓ ME AG ≤30d5 days discovery → filing
⚠ notification dateThe stored discovery date equals the NOTIFICATION date, collapsing the clock to ~zero. This UNDERSTATES the delay and can mask a real violation.

Incident timeline

undetected · 934 days
discovery → filing · 5 days

Sep 1, 2020

Begins

Mar 24, 2023

Discovered

Mar 29, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 36d gap

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGMar 22 · first
Massachusetts State AG+7d
Maine State AG+7d · this page
Massachusetts State AG+14d
Massachusetts State AG+35d
Massachusetts State AG+41d
Maine State AG+41d
Massachusetts State AG+43d

Pattern: first filing Mar 22 (MA), last May 4 (MA) — a 43-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.