Markovits, Stock & DeMarco, a law firm experienced in data breach cases, is investigating claims on behalf of victims of a data breach involving data entrusted to Tri Counties Bank. If you received a notice of data breach letter or email from Tri Counties Bank, please contact us as soon as possible to understand your legal rights in response to the data breach.
Tri Counties Bank, located in located in Chico, California experienced a data breach and notified the Maine Attorney General of such data breach on November 22, 2023.
WHAT HAPPENED?
Tri Counties Bank experienced suspicious activity on its network on or around February 7, 2023. Tri Counties Bank determined that an unauthorized actor may have accessed certain systems that stored certain of Tri Counties Bank’s customers, employee or affiliate of a customer, or employee or dependent of an employee/former employee of Tri Counties Bank’s information such as names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license number, and financial account information.[1] Despite the data breach occurring in February 2023, Tri Counties Bank did not issue notice to impacted individuals until November 2023 – nine months after the data breach occurred.
Approximately 74,385 individuals’ private information was impacted in Tri Counties Bank’s data breach.
WHAT INFORMATION WAS EXPOSED IN THE DATA BREACH?
Tri Counties Bank reported that the following information was included in the data breach:
- name,
- Social Security number,
- Driver’s license number, and,
- Financial account information.[2]
WHAT SHOULD I DO IF I RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF THE TRI COUNTIES BANK DATA BREACH?
If you would like to have a free, confidential consultation with an attorney to learn more about your rights and potential legal remedies in responding to the Tri Counties Bank data breach, please contact Markovits, Stock & DeMarco attorney Spencer Campbell at (513) 651-3700, email us at [email protected], or submit a Case Evaluation request through the form below.
[1] https://apps.web.maine.gov/online/aeviewer/ME/40/c3cf3179-ed79-4766-8750-2f4f2fe06a22.shtml
[2] Id.