DisclosureLens
HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountFinancial credentialsHighContained

EQUITY BANCSHARES, INC.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 10, 2021

Filed

Dec 30, 2021

To disclose

20 days

Affected · nationwide

137,95022 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for EQUITY BANCSHARES, INC.

Equity Bancshares reported a data breach affecting 137,950 individuals, including 22 Maine residents. The breach, which occurred on November 1, 2021, and was discovered on December 10, 2021, involved an external system compromise (hacking). The compromised information included names in combination with financial account or credit/debit card numbers and their security codes or PINs. Equity Bancshares notified the affected individuals and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Kroll.

Maine clockDiscovered Dec 10, 2021Filed with AG Dec 30, 202120d ME AG ≤30d20 days 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 · 39 days
discovery → filing · 20 days

Nov 1, 2021

Begins

Dec 10, 2021

Discovered

Dec 30, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGDec 30 · first
Indiana State AGDec 30 · first
Montana State AGDec 30 · first
Maine State AGDec 30 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 30 (MA), last Jan 4 (NH) — a 5-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.