First Mid Bank & Trust NA was the subject of a data breach notification filed with the IN Attorney General. The AG filing was recorded on January 8, 2026. The breach or discovery date reported in the filing is November 10, 2025.
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First Mid Bank & Trust NA was the subject of a data breach notification filed with the IN Attorney General. The AG filing was recorded on January 8, 2026. The breach or discovery date reported in the filing is November 10, 2025.
First Mid Bank & Trust NA operates as a comprehensive financial institution, providing essential banking, wealth management, lending, and trust services to individuals, families, and commercial enterprises. Because of the core nature of financial institutions, First Mid Bank & Trust NA collects, processes, and stores vast quantities of high-value, highly confidential consumer data. This includes not only everyday transactional information but also deep repository records containing credit histories, loan applications, tax documents, and personal identification numbers necessary for establishing accounts and verifying customer identities. In 2026, First Mid Bank & Trust NA officially reported a data security incident to the Indiana Attorney General, signaling that unauthorized actors may have infiltrated its digital environment or accessed systems managed by trusted third-party vendors. In the financial services sector, incidents of this magnitude typically involve sophisticated cyberattacks, such as unauthorized database access, credential stuffing, or ransomware deployments designed to target legacy infrastructure or vulnerable network endpoints. Financial institutions remain prime targets for cybercriminals seeking to monetize stolen PII and banking credentials on the dark web. The exposure resulting from the First Mid Bank & Trust NA incident puts affected consumers at immediate risk of severe financial and personal harm. Compromised data fields frequently include full names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, financial account numbers, and routing details. When cybercriminals obtain this combination of sensitive information, victims face a heightened and prolonged threat of identity theft, unauthorized credit card applications, fraudulent loan openings, tax refund fraud, and direct financial account takeover. The theft of foundational financial credentials essentially hands bad actors the keys to a victim's financial life, requiring extensive mitigation efforts. As a regulated financial institution, First Mid Bank & Trust NA was bound by rigorous statutory and common law duties to protect consumer data, most notably under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and applicable state consumer protection statutes. These laws mandate that financial entities implement comprehensive administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect non-public personal information. The occurrence of a data breach of this scale strongly indicates potential vulnerabilities or failures in maintaining these mandatory security controls, raising serious questions regarding whether industry-standard encryption, continuous monitoring, and access controls were properly enforced. Receiving a formal data breach notification letter from First Mid Bank & Trust NA is both an official acknowledgment that your private information was compromised and a crucial step that establishes your legal standing to participate in a class action lawsuit. Under modern legal standards, affected individuals do not need to wait until they experience actual financial fraud or out-of-pocket losses to seek accountability; the imminent risk of identity theft and the time required to monitor compromised accounts constitute valid legal injuries. Our firm is investigating potential legal claims on behalf of all impacted consumers on a contingency fee basis, meaning there are never any upfront costs or out-of-pocket fees, and we only recover compensation if we successfully secure a recovery.
Based on the data types reported, affected individuals face:
Your SSN is the master key to your identity. Once exposed, criminals can open new lines of credit, take out loans, or file taxes in your name.
Combined with a name and other leaked data, date of birth helps criminals pass identity verification questions at banks and government agencies.
What the Indiana data breach notification law and federal statutes entitle you to recover:
The hours spent responding to a data breach — canceling accounts, contacting credit bureaus, updating passwords, and investigating fraud — represent compensable economic harm in data breach litigation.
Once your SSN is exposed, protection becomes an ongoing expense. Plaintiffs in data breach settlements have recovered costs for credit freezes, identity protection subscriptions, and time spent dealing with fraudulent accounts — sometimes covering multiple years of exposure.
Fees charged to close and reopen accounts, issue replacement cards, or dispute fraudulent transactions are recoverable in data breach litigation. So are the costs of overdrafts, late payments, and credit damage caused by unauthorized activity.
Several state data breach laws provide for statutory minimum damages — fixed amounts recoverable per affected individual regardless of actual loss. These provisions exist specifically to make legal action viable for victims who have not yet experienced direct harm.
Note: an attorney general breach filing does not by itself establish a settlement fund, a payment amount, or a claim deadline. If an official settlement notice is later issued, rely on that notice for payment details and deadlines.
No. Under Indiana data breach notification law and federal law, the unauthorized exposure of your personal data — regardless of whether it has been actively misused — can be sufficient grounds for a claim. The breach itself is the injury.
Nothing. The Law Office of David S. Harris handles data breach cases on contingency — you pay zero upfront and owe nothing unless compensation is recovered.
Immediately place a free credit freeze at all three bureaus (Equifax, Experian, TransUnion). A freeze blocks new accounts from being opened in your name. Then file a complaint with the FTC at IdentityTheft.gov and contact our office — SSN exposure is one of the most serious breach types.
Banks may reverse fraudulent charges, but they are not obligated to compensate you for time lost, stress, or indirect damages. A class action claim against the breached company can recover those additional categories of harm.
State statutes of limitations for data breach claims typically run 2–4 years from the date of the breach or its discovery. Because this breach was recently disclosed, the window is open — but acting early preserves your options and strengthens the case.
Accepting free credit monitoring from First Mid Bank & Trust NA does not waive your right to pursue legal action unless you signed a specific release waiving claims. In most cases, victims who accepted monitoring can still file.
Not necessarily. Many data breach victims are never notified directly. If your personal information was held by First Mid Bank & Trust NA during the relevant period, you may still qualify even without receiving a letter. A free eligibility review can confirm your status.
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