MalwareFinancial ServicesTechnologyFinanceRansomwareData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

South Georgia Bank

bd_ffdcfb867d5cbb8c · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 22, 2020

Filed

Jan 19, 2021

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for South Georgia Bank →

American Bank Systems (ABS), a provider of banking software, notified South Georgia Bank customers of a cyber incident on October 22, 2020. ABS systems were infected with malware, leading to unauthorized access to customer documents containing PII. ABS engaged forensic specialists, reset passwords, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 89 days

Oct 22, 2020

Discovered

Jan 19, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_1d581f512b4befca2021-01-21 · +2dVerified
Maine State AGbd_4878f5ee54323f392021-01-21 · +2dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_df2fbcca5febe6f62020-12-18 · +32dVerified

Name: American Bank Systems
norm: american bank

Name: South Georgia Bank
norm: south georgia bank
Industry: Financial ServicesllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Oct 22, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Took systems offline
Launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the incident
Engaged third-party computer forensic specialists
Resetting ABS user passwords
Offering access to credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through TransUnion
Changes made: Reviewed existing security policies
Implemented additional measures, including advanced endpoint monitoring
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(89 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGDec 18 · first

Montana State AG+32d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+34d

Maine State AG+34d

Pattern: first filing Dec 18 (IN), last Jan 21 (ME) — a 34-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/georgSamp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 19, 2021
Raw hash: b8d03e050474c89357e8249a8a705353285e82695745810865d05a715b3335c7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAmerican Bank Systems

Victim entitySouth Georgia Bank

Incidentdiscovered Oct 22, 2020

Stated responseTook systems offline

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov