Supply chain [SC] Supply Chain

First Horizon Bank Third-Party Breach (August 2021)

2021-08-01 [vendor] Not disclosed
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Incident Details

First Horizon Bank Customers Have Account Funds Drained. Attackers stole under $1 million after breaching internal security. A leading US bank has revealed a data breach in which over 100 online customers had their funds accessed by an unauthorized intruder. First Horizon Bank claimed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday that less than $1 million was stolen in total from those accounts.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
Compromise of third-party service provider / vendor relationship
Vendor / Product
Not disclosed
Supply Chain Attack
✅ Confirmed third-party / vendor compromise

Timeline

  1. 2021-08-01 Breach occurred
  2. 2021-04-29 Publicly disclosed