{"id":578,"date":"2023-04-19T23:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kentprotect.com\/?p=578"},"modified":"2023-04-21T08:12:23","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T13:12:23","slug":"breach-report-webster-bank-data-breach-affects-190000-due-to-guardian-analytics-vendor-ransomware-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kentprotect.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/19\/breach-report-webster-bank-data-breach-affects-190000-due-to-guardian-analytics-vendor-ransomware-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Breach Report: Webster Bank data breach affects 190,000+, due to Guardian Analytics vendor ransomware attack, class-action lawsuit filed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'><\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>One-sentence summary: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Webster Bank, through its fraud analytics vendor Guardian Analytics, suffers a 190,000+ victim data breach due to a ransomware attack, resulting in a class-action lawsuit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Who was involved?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Webster Bank, N.A., 191,563 customers, Guardian Analytics, Inc., a subsidiary of NICE Actimize, Daixin Team, and Lockbit ransomware group. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What was the timeline?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">November 27, 2022: Threat actor breaches Guardian Analytics to commence ransomware attack<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">January 14, 2023: Threat actor exfiltrates data from Guardian Analytics <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">January 17, 2023: Threat actor&#8217;s access to Guardian Analytics ends<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">January 20, 2023: Guardian Analytics is threatened by threat actors <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">January 26, 2023: Webster Bank learns Guardian Analytics was under a ransomware attack <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">January 27, 2023: Webster Bank identifies data on the dark web <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">January 29, 2023: Guardian Analytics notifies Webster Bank of a data breach due to a ransomware attack<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">February 10, 2023: Guardian Analytics confirms that Webster Bank data was involved in its attack. Lockbit posts breached data of Webster Bank <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">April 10, 2023: Webster Bank begins victim notification<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">April 18, 2023: Class action lawsuit is filed in federal court within New Jersey against Webster Bank and Guardian Analytics <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What occurred?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Webster Bank, through its fraud analytics vendor&#8211; Guardian Analytics, suffered a data breach impacting over 190,000+ customers (Kessler, 2023a; Webster Bank, 2023). Guardian Analytics was attacked via ransomware by Daixin Team and Lockbit ransomware groups in November 2022, thus impacting Webster Bank data and customers (Kessler, 2023b). Guardian Analytics is also alleged to have not paid any ransom (Kessler, 2023b). The data breached at Webster Bank potentially included: &#8220;name, financial account numbers&#8221; and &#8220;Social Security Number&#8221; (Kessler, 2023b). 8 days after notification, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Webster Bank and Guardian Analytics in a New Jersey federal court district (Justia, 2023). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Estimated costs:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Associated incident response costs, breach notification costs, &#8220;third-party cybersecurity firm,&#8221; 24 months of credit monitoring, 7 day\/week call center<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Involved laws: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">State: Maine: 10 M.R.S.A. \u00a7 1346<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Root cause: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vendor data breach: ransomware attack at Guardian Analytics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lessons learned: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Potential third-party due diligence, pending more information (see disclaimer). Third-party assurance and third-party risk assessments are both critical elements of a third-party relationship. These could potentially uncover a significant liability or risk with a third party, including a potential breach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sources: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Justia. (2023, April 18). <em>CHRISTIANI v. GUARDIAN ANALYTICS, INC. et al<\/em>. Justia Dockets &amp; Filings. Retrieved April 20, 2023, from https:\/\/dockets.justia.com\/docket\/new-jersey\/njdce\/2:2023cv02158\/511335<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kessler, D. (2023a). Data Breach Notifications. In <em>Privacy, Identity Theft and Data Security Breaches<\/em>. Office of the Maine Attorney General. Retrieved April 19, 2023, from https:\/\/apps.web.maine.gov\/online\/aeviewer\/ME\/40\/a42f73e8-720b-41a2-b892-18181e799668.shtml<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kessler, D. (2023b). Re: Legal Notice of Cyber Incident. In <em>Data Breach Notifications<\/em>. Privacy, Identity Theft and Data Security Breaches. Retrieved April 19, 2023, from https:\/\/apps.web.maine.gov\/online\/aeviewer\/ME\/40\/a42f73e8-720b-41a2-b892-18181e799668\/b98ec910-0efa-43f5-99dc-820d3858eebe\/document.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Webster Bank. (2023). RE: Notice of Data Breach. In <em>Data Breach Notifications<\/em> (No. B088979). Office of the Maine Attorney General. Retrieved April 19, 2023, from https:\/\/apps.web.maine.gov\/online\/aeviewer\/ME\/40\/a42f73e8-720b-41a2-b892-18181e799668\/25a99f73-65d3-4c27-bea6-9440850e90c7\/document.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Webster Bank (Logos). (n.d.). <em>f90b93923c6bde342d78316e1ec63c96.jpeg<\/em>. 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