Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Pioneer Bankcorp, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 9, 2018

Filed

May 1, 2018

To disclose

22 days

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

67%

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Pioneer Bankcorp, Inc. dba First Bank notified the NH Attorney General of an email account compromise affecting 2 NH residents. Discovered April 9, 2018, the incident exposed names, addresses, SSNs, and driver's license numbers. First Bank terminated credentials, engaged forensic investigators, and offered Experian identity protection.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 22 days

Apr 9, 2018

Discovered

May 1, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2 affectedView incident

Name: Vedder Price PC
norm: vedder price
Industry: Legal Services

Name: Pioneer Bankcorp, Inc.
norm: pioneer bankcorp
Domain: first bank.com
Industry: Financial Services
Also named: Pioneer Bankcorp, Inc.dba oflegal entity
First Bankdba oftrade name
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 9, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 1, 2018
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Promptly terminated the email account credentials
Retained a leading forensic security firm to investigate
Arranged for complimentary identity theft protection services for the impacted individuals through Experian
Changes made: Confirmed the security of its email systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 days(22 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/pioneer-bankcorp-20180501.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 1, 2018
Raw hash: 3c4b824998af7df9fce3b46092154ad376213cd5c3a908625dff787db5ad47ee

Reporting entityVedder Price PC

Victim entityPioneer Bankcorp, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 9, 2018

Stated responsePromptly terminated the email account credentials

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov