HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Citizens Bank of Las Cruces

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 7, 2021

Filed

Sep 20, 2021

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Citizens Bank of Las Cruces →

Citizens Bank of Las Cruces notified affected individuals of a security incident involving an employee's computer. Unauthorized access to files containing names and financial account information occurred on or about April 7, 2021. The bank contained the incident, notified law enforcement, engaged a cybersecurity firm, and implemented enhanced monitoring tools.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 166 days

Apr 7, 2021

Begins

Apr 7, 2021

Discovered

Sep 20, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+14 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Citizens Bank of Las Cruces
norm: citizens bank of las cruces

Name: Citizens Bank of Las Cruces
norm: citizens bank of las cruces
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 7, 2021
Breach occurred: Apr 7, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 16, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: notify law enforcement

During the incident: Took immediate steps to contain the incident
Notify law enforcement
Launch an investigation with the assistance of a cybersecurity firm
Conducted a careful review of the files that may have been accessed
Changes made: Implemented enhanced monitoring tools
Further strengthened our security posture
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(166 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/notificationLetter-107.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 20, 2021
Raw hash: 15fadc43a9b663af57d763d9932513ed4e0d3c42c5fbeca18cf88cd43cd058a1

Reporting entityCitizens Bank of Las Cruces

Victim entityCitizens Bank of Las Cruces

Incidentdiscovered Apr 7, 2021

Stated responseTook immediate steps to contain the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov