West Florida Banking Corporation, operating as Flagship Bank, experienced an external system breach (hacking), which was discovered on May 7, 2025. This incident involved unauthorized access to their systems on April 15, 2025, through a social engineering scheme. The company secured its systems, notified law enforcement, and began sending notifications to affected individuals on February 13, 2026.
The confirmed data types exposed in this breach include names, Social Security numbers, financial account information, payment card information, driver’s license numbers, dates of birth, taxpayer identification numbers, and passport numbers. This breach is confirmed to have affected 3,996 individuals across the United States. The exact number of affected individuals in specific states beyond Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island has not been publicly confirmed.
Additional details may emerge as the investigation continues, and further notifications may be delayed.