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HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountFinancial credentialsMediumContained

Adams Bank & Trust

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 22, 2023

Filed

Nov 15, 2023

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected · nationwide

23,8191 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

75%
Full breach record for Adams Bank & Trust →3 incidents on file

Adams Bank & Trust, a financial services organization, reported a data breach affecting 23,819 individuals, including one resident of Maine. The breach, which occurred on May 15, 2023, was discovered on September 22, 2023. The incident was described as an external system breach (hacking), where financial account numbers or credit/debit card numbers, in combination with security codes or PINs, were acquired. The company notified the affected individuals on November 15, 2023, and offered 12 months of identity theft protection services, including credit monitoring and identity restoration.

Maine clockDiscovered Sep 22, 2023 → Filed with AG Nov 15, 202354d ⏱ ME AG >30d8 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 130 days
discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 54 days

May 15, 2023

Begins

Sep 22, 2023

Discovered

Nov 15, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Show 1 more filing ↓up to 107d gap

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Vermont State AGNov 15 · first
Montana State AGNov 15 · first
Massachusetts State AGNov 15 · first
New Hampshire State AGNov 15 · first
Maine State AGNov 15 · first · this page
New Hampshire State AG+107d

Pattern: first filing Nov 15 (VT), last Mar 1 (NH) — a 107-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.