Citizens Bank of Americus

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Citizens Bank of Americus (CBA) on January 4, 2021. The breach, discovered on November 18, 2020, involved unauthorized access to customer information due to a cyber incident affecting ABS systems, impacting a total of 32,431 individuals and specifically 3 Maine residents. The compromised information included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and financial account information, and 12 months of credit monitoring services were offered to those affected.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/68c85aaf-5a51-4854-8447-8fa979001ce7.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/citizens-bank-of-americus

"id": "cit519072725",
"linkid": "citizens-bank-of-americus",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2020",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 32431,
                        'industry': 'Financial Services',
                        'name': 'Citizens Bank of Americus',
                        'type': 'Bank'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 32431,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
                                                         'addresses',
                                                         'Social Security '
                                                         'numbers'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'addresses',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'financial account information']},
 'date_detected': '2020-11-18',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-01-04',
 'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving Citizens Bank of Americus (CBA) on January '
                '4, 2021. The breach, discovered on November 18, 2020, '
                'involved unauthorized access to customer information due to a '
                'cyber incident affecting ABS systems, impacting a total of '
                '32,431 individuals and specifically 3 Maine residents. The '
                'compromised information included names, addresses, Social '
                'Security numbers, and financial account information, and 12 '
                'months of credit monitoring services were offered to those '
                'affected.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'addresses',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'financial account information'],
            'systems_affected': ['ABS systems']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-01-04',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'response': {'remediation_measures': ['12 months of credit monitoring '
                                       'services offered']},
 'title': 'Citizens Bank of Americus Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}