The City National Bank of Florida, or CNBF, is a Miami-based financial institution that serves personal and corporate clients. The business offers traditional bank services as well as wealth management services. The company has 31 different branches throughout Florida, employs more than 1,000 individuals, and serves a huge number of customers. This mid-sized Florida institution was another victim of the MOVEit data breach attacks, exposing a large number of customers.
Along with a huge number of other companies, the City National Bank of Florida had data taken because of the MOVEit software breach. MOVEit is a secure file-transfer solution used by companies to protect valuable data. A vulnerability was exposed in the software, making it possible for attackers to access the data in databases connected to the tool. The breach exposed a huge number of documents to attack and made thousands of people vulnerable.
The files for CNBF were accessed between May 29 and May 30, 2023. After the vulnerability was detected, the bank hired cybersecurity specialists to look into the issue, and the team determined that personal documents could have been stolen. CNBF sent a notice to the Maine Attorney General's Office on June 30, 2023.
Approximately 36,300 bank customers were affected by this data breach. Each of those customers could have had some or all of the personal data points listed above exposed to the attackers. This puts them at risk for identity theft and phishing attacks. To keep yourself safe, avoid sharing any personal or financial data with people you don't know and trust well, and consider investing in credit monitoring services to watch your credit for any odd changes.
We don't know the number of CNBF files that were accessed in this breach. We suspect that thousands of different documents and files were accessed. Either way, we know that more than 36,000 people could have been impacted by this attack.