The Vermont Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach incident involving Continental Bank on April 1, 2024. The breach was related to suspicious activity concerning an employee email account, potentially exposing personal information between February 7, 2017, and August 28, 2023. No specific number of individuals affected or details of the compromised information was provided.
Source: https://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-04-01-continental-bank-data-breach-notice-consumers
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/continentalbank
"id": "con434072625",
"linkid": "continentalbank",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "2/2017",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Banking',
'name': 'Continental Bank',
'type': 'Financial Institution'}],
'attack_vector': 'Email Compromise',
'date_detected': '2024-04-01',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2024-04-01',
'description': 'The Vermont Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach incident involving Continental Bank on April 1, 2024. '
'The breach was related to suspicious activity concerning an '
'employee email account, potentially exposing personal '
'information between February 7, 2017, and August 28, 2023, '
'but no specific number of individuals affected or details of '
'the compromised information was provided.',
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2024-04-01',
'source': 'Vermont Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at Continental Bank',
'type': 'Data Breach'}