AccidentalFinancial ServicesFinanceDisposal ErrorCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowResolved

MECHANICS BANK

bd_e5c0b60efd93c650 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 14, 2020

Filed

Aug 28, 2020

To disclose

28 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for MECHANICS BANK →2 incidents on file

Mechanics Bank (dba CRB Auto) disclosed that a single hard drive containing customer loan documentation and personal information was inadvertently left in a computer donated to a non-profit in February 2020. The hard drive was immediately retrieved upon notification by the recipient. The bank determined the data was not shared with unknown third parties. Affected customers were offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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California clockDiscovered Feb 14, 2020 → Notified Aug 26, 2020194d ✗ CA 60-day late28 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 28 weeks / 196 days

Feb 14, 2020

Begins

Feb 14, 2020

Discovered

Aug 28, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+19 wks slower

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

Name: MECHANICS BANK
norm: mechanics bank
Domain: mechanicsbank.com

Name: MECHANICS BANK
norm: mechanics bank
Domain: mechanicsbank.com
Also named: Mechanics Bankdba oflegal entity
CRB Autodba oftrade name
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 14, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 14, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 26, 2020
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unknown
Regulator citations: Filed notification with California Attorney General
Third party: via Non-profit agency

During the incident: Secured and retrieved the hard drive immediately
Conducted an examination of the data contained on the hard drive
Communicated with the temporary recipient of the hard drive
Arranged with Experian to provide credit monitoring and fraud detection services for twelve months
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards to ensure unintentional disclosure not be possible in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 weeks(196 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 194d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Feb 14, 2020
→ Notified: Aug 26, 2020
194d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Feb 14, 2020 → Notified: Aug 26, 2020	194d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-193553
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 28, 2020
Raw hash: 8d947c1ba6261d359c94d7235a687b8048665fbd3f8de92156a2a2d9f652d51d

Reporting entityMECHANICS BANK

Victim entityMECHANICS BANK

Incidentdiscovered Feb 14, 2020

Stated responseSecured and retrieved the hard drive immediately

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov