HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Adams Bank & Trust

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 16, 2023

Filed

Nov 15, 2023

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

64%

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

Adams Bank & Trust notified customers of a cybersecurity incident where an unauthorized actor accessed systems between May 15-16, 2023. Files containing customer information were acquired by the actor. The bank took systems offline, engaged law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring. The breach affects customers in New Hampshire and Rhode Island.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 183 days

May 15, 2023

Begins

May 16, 2023

Discovered

Nov 15, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+18 wks slower

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

Vermont State AGbd_33d724a11bbb29de2023-11-15Verified
Montana State AGbd_739ed6371645a2352023-11-15Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_7931c4b1d2e8f92c2023-11-15Verified
Maine State AGbd_b81d52c02510b8a92023-11-15Verified by operator

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New Hampshire State AGbd_1b15ad4293f159b92024-03-01 · +107dVerified

Name: Adams Bank & Trust
norm: adams bank

Name: Adams Bank & Trust
norm: adams bank
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: May 16, 2023
Breach occurred: May 15, 2023 – May 16, 2023
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 15, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notified relevant regulators
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Took systems offline
Took steps to ensure the security of the network
Launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the event
Notified law enforcement
Notified relevant regulators
Reviewed our policies and procedures
Taken significant steps to strengthen our security and system monitoring
Offering you 12/24 months of complimentary credit monitoring through IDX
Changes made: Reviewed our policies and procedures
Taken significant steps to strengthen our security and system monitoring
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 weeks(183 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

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Vermont State AGNov 15 · first

Montana State AGNov 15 · first

Massachusetts State AGNov 15 · first

Maine State AGNov 15 · first

New Hampshire 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.

Source URL: https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/adams-bank-trust-20231115.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 15, 2023
Raw hash: dbf69c6dafe734eceb353e050c0e69214b03b8f6c847929135c2b9184a69ce8d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAdams Bank & Trust

Victim entityAdams Bank & Trust

Incidentdiscovered May 16, 2023

Stated responseTook systems offline

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov