Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsMulti-Stage ChainCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)CredentialsLowContained

Artisans' Bank

bd_e36dcea737f83206 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 12, 2024

Filed

Jul 24, 2024

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Artisans' Bank →2 incidents on file

Artisans' Bank notified New Hampshire residents on July 24, 2024, of a cyber incident where an unauthorized actor accessed employee email accounts between Jan 28 and Mar 12, 2024, following suspicious activity discovered on Mar 12. The actor likely obtained credentials via phishing. One NH resident's PII was potentially affected. The bank secured email tenants, offered credit monitoring, and notified regulators.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 44 days

discovery → filing · 19 weeks / 134 days

Jan 28, 2024

Begins

Mar 12, 2024

Discovered

May 30, 2024

Scope determined

Jul 24, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+10 wks slower

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_0c607af934b492ba2024-07-24Verified
Indiana State AGbd_3985d4313d7aae782024-07-24Candidate
Delaware State AGbd_e7ba0307086146212024-07-24Verified

Name: Artisans' Bank
norm: artisans bank
Domain: artisansbank.com

Name: Artisans' Bank
norm: artisans bank
Domain: artisansbank.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 12, 2024
Breach occurred: Jan 28, 2024 – Mar 12, 2024
Undetected for: 44 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: May 30, 2024
Notification sent: Jul 24, 2024
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Credentials
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: providing written notice of this incident to relevant state and federal regulators
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Moved quickly to investigate and respond to the incident
Assess the security of Artisans’ Bank systems
Identify potentially affected individuals
Secure our email tenant
Launched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the incident
Providing access to credit monitoring services for , through Experian
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state and federal regulators
Notifying the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Working to implement additional security measures to further protect against similar incidents in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 weeks(134 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Massachusetts State AGJul 24 · first

Indiana State AGJul 24 · first

Delaware State AGJul 24 · first

New Hampshire State AGJul 24 · first · this page

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/artisans-bank-20240724.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 24, 2024
Raw hash: cb8320151f0db399688ccebac8a6add1cca0ab81320fa044c619654cc5591b99

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityArtisans' Bank

Victim entityArtisans' Bank

Incidentdiscovered Mar 12, 2024

Stated responseMoved quickly to investigate and respond to the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov