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Data Breach Notifications
Entity Information
- Type of Organization: Financial Services
- Entity Name: Salem Five Cents Bank
- Street Address: 210 Essex St.
- City: Salem
- State, or Country if outside the US: Massachusetts
- Zip Code: 01970
Submitted By
- Name: Joseph McEachern
- Title: Information Security Officer
- Firm name (if different than entity):
- Telephone Number: 9787205230
- Email Address: joseph.mceachern@salemfive.com
- Relationship to entity whose information was compromised: Current Employee
Breach Information
- Total number of persons affected (including residents): 86
- Total number of Maine residents affected: 1
- If the number of Maine residents exceeds 1,000, have the consumer reporting agencies been notified:
- Date(s) Breach Occured: 01/04/2003-11/17/2021
- Date Breach Discovered: 04/26/2022
- Description of the Breach:
- Other
- If other, please specify: The nature of the incident is that the residents’ personal information was acquired or used by an unauthorized person and there is a substantial risk of identity theft or fraud involving unauthorized card use. We received knowledge of this incident via Visa Alert Services. The incident appears to have involved a potential breach of security at a third-party merchant or processor of customer information exposing Visa payment account data to a possible compromise. Preliminary investigation indicates that the categories of personal information involved in this incident are as follows: name, debit card number, CVV, and expiration date. The personal information that was the subject of this incident is believed to be in electronic form. Incident did not involve our systems.
- Information Acquired - Name or other personal identifier in combination with: Financial Account Number or Credit/Debit Card Number (in combination with security code, access code, password or PIN for the account)
Notification and Protection Services
- Type of Notification: Written
- Date(s) of consumer notification: 04/28/2022
- Copy of notice to affected Maine residents: 2022 04 26 c_Notification Letter_Customer.zip
- Date of any previous (within 12 months) breach notifications:
- Were identity theft protection services offered: No
- If yes, please provide the duration, the provider of the service and a brief description of the service: