HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 29, 2018

Filed

Nov 27, 2018

To disclose

29 days

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION →13 incidents on file

HSBC Bank USA, National Association notified the NH Attorney General of unauthorized access to online banking accounts between October 29 and November 2, 2018. Four New Hampshire residents were affected. The compromised data included names, addresses, account numbers, and transaction history. HSBC suspended access, enhanced authentication with one-time passcodes, and offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 29 days

Oct 29, 2018

Begins

Oct 29, 2018

Discovered

Nov 27, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_5a8a55a46dce1f2c2018-11-27Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_30d02f611d467d8a2018-11-05 · +22dVerified
California State AGbd_585ab6ff7ed09cd62018-11-02 · +25dCandidate

Name: HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
norm: hsbc bank usa national

Name: HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
norm: hsbc bank usa national
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 29, 2018
Breach occurred: Oct 29, 2018 – Nov 2, 2018
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 26, 2018
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Suspended online access to the accounts as soon as they were identified
Enhanced the authentication process for HSBC Personal Internet Banking by adding an additional layer of security that requires the customer to take action on a One Time Passcode sent to their device
Changes made: Offering a complimentary one-year subscription to Identity Guard, a credit monitoring and identity theft protection service
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

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California State AGNov 2 · first

New Hampshire State AG+3d

Massachusetts State AG+25d

New Hampshire State AG+25d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 2 (CA), last Nov 27 (NH) — a 25-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/hsbc-bank-20181127.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 27, 2018
Raw hash: 72158f47e863c84072b09408e44b444853ba3572d5e11d74365bff91981c4801

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Victim entityHSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Incidentdiscovered Oct 29, 2018

Stated responseSuspended online access to the accounts as soon as they were identified

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov