HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

LIBERTY FIRST CREDIT UNION

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 17, 2024

Filed

Nov 25, 2024

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected · nationwide

52,4964 in this filing

Linked

4 records

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for LIBERTY FIRST CREDIT UNION →

Liberty First Credit Union (LFCU) reported an external system breach (hacking) on September 17, 2024. The incident affected 52,496 individuals nationwide, including 4 Maine residents. Personal information, potentially including government identifiers, was acquired. LFCU contained the incident, engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, and offered 12 months of Experian credit monitoring.

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Maine clockScope identified Oct 21, 2024 → Filed with AG Nov 25, 202435d ⏱ ME AG >30d10 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 69 days

Sep 17, 2024

Begins

Sep 17, 2024

Discovered

Nov 25, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by ransomhub about this victim was first seen 67 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteransomhubbd_276a621496dce3952024-09-19 · +66dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_0d31058e7988816c2024-11-25Verified
Montana State AGbd_488ebd721d1ec83b2024-11-25Verified

Name: LIBERTY FIRST CREDIT UNION
norm: liberty first credit union
Domain: libertyfirstcu.com
Industry: Financial Services

Name: LIBERTY FIRST CREDIT UNION
norm: liberty first credit union
Domain: libertyfirstcu.com
Industry: Financial Services
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 17, 2024
Scope identified: Oct 21, 2024Maine’s notice clock starts here (10 M.R.S. §1348(1))The letter says: “We reviewed the files that may have been acquired during the incident, and on October 21, 2024, we determined that certain files contained your”
Breach occurred: Sep 17, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 25, 2024
Affected individuals: 52,496state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcement
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Promptly contained the incident
Engaged a forensic security firm to investigate and confirm the security of our computer systems
Notified federal law enforcement and continue to work with them during their investigation
Changes made: Enhancing our technical security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(69 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 35dLeak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Scope identified: Oct 21, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Nov 25, 2024
35d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Scope identified: Oct 21, 2024 → Filed with AG: Nov 25, 2024	35d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗

Massachusetts State AGNov 25 · first

Montana State AGNov 25 · first

Maine State AGNov 25 · first · this page

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/7c6ae735-bbcb-44bc-9e3d-3aa7b0f8bb5c.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 25, 2024
Raw hash: 0d25241065be6611628bec25819a4c1ba7f5915461b3c23c61a0e7fedc7201c8

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLIBERTY FIRST CREDIT UNION

Victim entityLIBERTY FIRST CREDIT UNION

Incidentdiscovered Sep 17, 2024

Stated responsePromptly contained the incident

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov