Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)CredentialsLowContained

Continental Bank

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 4, 2024

Filed

Apr 1, 2024

To disclose

28 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Continental Bank →

Continental Bank notified consumers of a data breach involving suspicious activity on an employee email account. The incident occurred between February 7, 2017, and August 28, 2023. The bank performed password resets, engaged third-party investigators, and offered credit monitoring services. No evidence of misuse was found.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday28 days discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 2582 days

discovery → filing · 28 days

Feb 7, 2017

Begins

Mar 4, 2024

Discovered

Apr 1, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_43c15ae2b463abe22024-04-01Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_c98ecf82c929d8062024-04-01Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_95da6c56775bfcbf2024-04-02 · +1dVerified

Name: Continental Bank
norm: continental bank

Name: Continental Bank
norm: continental bank
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 4, 2024
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2017 – Aug 28, 2023
Undetected for: 2,582 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Mar 4, 2024
Notification sent: Apr 1, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Credentials
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Performed a password reset
Engaged third-party specialists to assist in conducting a full investigation
Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services
Changes made: Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through Cyberscout via Identity Force
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 days(28 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >14 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Maine State AGApr 1 · first

Indiana State AGApr 1 · first

Vermont State AGApr 1 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-04-01-continental-bank-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 1, 2024
Raw hash: 9ced43cdeda2f7b737c70746e32ff399599b77fa3f6054740e42ea36f21fafac

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityContinental Bank

Victim entityContinental Bank

Incidentdiscovered Mar 4, 2024

Stated responsePerformed a password reset

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov