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BayFirst Financial

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Official SEC Form 8-K Item 1.05 disclosure filed by BayFirst Financial regarding a material cybersecurity incident.

Observable Status CONFIRMED
Industry / Sector Technology & Commercial
Incident Classification Material Cybersecurity Incident
Attributed Threat Actor Unattributed / Unknown
Affected Population Scope Under Audit
First Seen 2025-10-30
Last Updated 2025-10-30
OPEN WEIGHTS TELEMETRY • DETERMINISTIC CONFIDENCE

Confidence & Source Corroboration

80% CONFIDENCE
1. Primary Authority CONFIRMED BY REGULATOR Base weight: 65%
2. Evidence Specificity +15% Statutory Filing Verified
3. Corroboration Curve +0% 1 independent domain
4. Timeline & Staleness +0% 1 milestone logged
Corroborated Source Domains:
sec.gov
STATUTORY REGULATORY DISCLOSURES

Official Regulatory Filings & Legal Compliance Records

1 Verified Statutory Filing
Regulatory Ground Truth Standard: The disclosures below represent formal statutory filings and enforcement records submitted to government regulatory authorities (SEC, State Attorneys General, HHS OCR, FTC, FCC, EU/UK DPAs). In accordance with repository principles, this data is captured exactly as filed by the reporting entity and is never modified, overridden, or synthesized by AI models.
SEC

Form 8-K Item 1.05

CONFIRMED BY REGULATOR
Docket / Accession ID 0001649739-25-000246
Statutory Filing Date 2025-10-30
Disclosed Impact Scope Under Audit
Evidence Standard Regulatory Ground Truth
Statutory Filing Details & Summary (Preserved As Filed):

Item 1.05. Cybersecurity Incidents

On August 14, 2025, BayFirst National Bank ("BayFirst") was notified of a cybersecurity incident experienced by a third-party provider of marketing services. On October 28, 2025, the third-party provider confirmed that some customer information was exposed by this incident.

Upon learning of the incident, the third-party provider immediately launched an investigation, worked with BayFirst to understand the scope of the issue, and engaged the appropriate cybersecurity experts to assist. The third-party provider also promptly notified law enforcement. The incident was limited to the third-party provider's environment. Based on the information available to date, personal information, including name, date of birth, and social security/tax identification numbers of some BayFirst customers were accessed without authorization. To date, there is no evidence of the misuse, or attempted misuse, of personal information as a result of this incident. Impacted customers will be notified directly of this incident.

BayFirst cannot quantify any material impact to its financial condition or operations, at this time.

View Official Regulatory Filing Document https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1649739/000164973925000246/0001649739-25-000246-index.htm

Technical Forensic Briefing

Incident Overview

BayFirst Financial, within its operating sector, has been subject to a cybersecurity incident disclosed to federal securities regulators. Ground-truth telemetry indicates the event prompted statutory disclosure under SEC cybersecurity reporting mandates.

Official SEC Form 8-K Item 1.05 disclosure filed by BayFirst Financial regarding a material cybersecurity incident.

Compromised Assets & Data Scope

The specific volume of affected customer, employee, or organizational records remains under active technical audit or disclosed in primary filings. Primary online perimeter and corporate domains include bayfirstfinancial.com.

Specific classes of compromised records, infrastructure, or operational systems are detailed in the official statutory filings below.

Statutory Disclosures & Compliance

  • SEC Filing: Form 8-K Item 1.05 (0001649739-25-000246) - Filing Link

Milestone Timeline (1 events logged)

2025-10-30 16:00 UTC
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SEC Form 8-K Item 1.05 Disclosure

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