Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Merchants Bank

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 24, 2025

Filed

Mar 25, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Merchants Bank →3 incidents on file

Merchants Bank notified Nebraska residents of a data security incident on September 11, 2024, where an unauthorized actor accessed a single employee email account. The bank discovered on February 24, 2025, that the accessed files contained affected individuals' full names. The bank contained the threat, engaged external cybersecurity professionals, and offered complimentary Experian IdentityWorks membership to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 166 days

Sep 11, 2024

Begins

Feb 24, 2025

Discovered

Mar 25, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_46807cb70e6ad7b32025-03-25Candidate
Maine State AGbd_64d7fccf9a800b812025-03-25Verified
Maryland State AGbd_01647b4490b4eb372026-04-23 · +394dVerified

Name: Merchants Bank
norm: merchants bank

Name: Merchants Bank
norm: merchants bank
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 24, 2025
Breach occurred: Sep 11, 2024
Undetected for: 166 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Contained the threat
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Working very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Forensics investigation
Extensive manual document review
Changes made: Offering a complimentary 12-month membership of Experian
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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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Indiana State AGMar 25 · first

Maine State AGMar 25 · first

Nebraska State AGMar 25 · first · this page

Maryland State AG+394d

Pattern: first filing Mar 25 (IN), last Apr 23 (MD) — a 394-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://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/a6261a79-358d-4384-a87a-100faf77c198.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 25, 2025
Raw hash: 18b1ad462d6897027f53bbd58de6f2d660c5af97d38bd85b62e7a8a4ecc3c429

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMerchants Bank

Victim entityMerchants Bank

Incidentdiscovered Feb 24, 2025

Stated responseContained the threat

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov