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AccidentalFinancial ServicesFinanceLossCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Sterling Bank and Trust, FSB

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 27, 2023

Filed

Mar 3, 2023

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Sterling Bank and Trust, FSB →

Sterling Bank and Trust reported that a package containing 1099 tax forms mailed from its Southfield, Michigan location on January 26, 2023, was damaged while in the possession of courier service FedEx. The bank learned of the incident on January 27, 2023. The lost forms contained personal information including names, addresses, and likely Social Security numbers and financial account details. The bank is attempting to locate the files but assumes they are permanently lost. No evidence of intentional diversion or misuse was found.

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days
discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 35 days

Jan 26, 2023

Begins

Jan 27, 2023

Discovered

Mar 3, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

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.