HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

LAFAYETTE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION

bd_025c5df977a8fe6d · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 16, 2024

Filed

Jul 14, 2025

To disclose

43 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for LAFAYETTE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION →4 incidents on file

Lafayette Federal Credit Union reported that an unauthorized third party accessed an employee email account on September 16, 2024. The breach potentially exposed personal information, including names and other data elements, of affected members. LFCU secured the account, engaged forensic investigators, and is offering one year of complimentary credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 43 weeks / 301 days

Sep 16, 2024

Begins

Sep 16, 2024

Discovered

Jul 14, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+35 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Nebraska State AGbd_58f8985131c5bdf42025-07-14Verified

Name: LAFAYETTE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
norm: lafayette federal credit union
Domain: lfcu.org

Name: LAFAYETTE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
norm: lafayette federal credit union
Domain: lfcu.org
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 16, 2024
Breach occurred: Sep 16, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the email account
Began an internal investigation
Engaged a forensic security firm to investigate and confirm the security of our email systems
Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorks SM Credit 3B
Changes made: Further enhancing our security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 43 weeks(301 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Nebraska State AGJul 14 · first

California State AGJul 14 · 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-605396
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 14, 2025
Raw hash: ce9f5ef525739ff6485b9dd26c0bf625c6d16760f9ff8ce7d28dceab990e7213

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLAFAYETTE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION

Victim entityLAFAYETTE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION

Incidentdiscovered Sep 16, 2024

Stated responseSecured the email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov