MisuseTechnologyFinancial ServicesInformationPrivilege AbuseEmployee Data InvolvedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Malaga Bank

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 30, 2022

Filed

Feb 10, 2023

To disclose

23 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Meriplex Communications notified customers of Malaga Bank that a former employee unauthorizedly downloaded customer names and Social Security numbers. Meriplex discovered suspicious activity on August 30, 2022, terminated the employee, notified law enforcement, and engaged forensic specialists. Meriplex implemented additional security controls and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 23 weeks / 164 days

Aug 30, 2022

Discovered

Feb 10, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

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

Montana State AGbd_2269a656668175f42023-01-09 · +32dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_5fa1bdc6e88a29a82023-01-09 · +32dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_88c04acc52a54ee32023-01-09 · +32dVerified
California State AGbd_a31a3278aca71c722023-01-09 · +32dVerified

Name: Meriplex Communications, Ltd.
norm: meriplex communications

Name: Malaga Bank
norm: malaga bank
Industry: TechnologyllmFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 30, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: notifying state and federal law enforcement
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Terminating the employee
Notifying state and federal law enforcement
Launching an investigation with third-party forensic specialists
Implemented additional controls such as password rotation, data loss prevention, USB restrictions, and a review of all system accesses
Changes made: Implemented additional controls such as password rotation, data loss prevention, USB restrictions, and a review of all system accesses
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 weeks(164 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

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Montana State AGJan 9 · first

Massachusetts State AGJan 9 · first

Indiana State AGJan 9 · first

California State AGJan 9 · first

Montana State AG+32d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 9 (MT), last Feb 10 (MT) — a 32-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-822.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 10, 2023
Raw hash: 84d7b0daa83e08514ab1eda7f924cf84df6127e180731550afa12d876e074e4c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMeriplex Communications, Ltd.

Victim entityMalaga Bank

Incidentdiscovered Aug 30, 2022

Stated responseTerminating the employee

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov