HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH FEDERAL CREDIT UNION

bd_1058df9388d4db23 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 5, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH FEDERAL CREDIT UNION →

National Institutes of Health Federal Credit Union (NIHFCU) notified consumers that an unauthorized third party accessed a NIHFCU email account on April 11, 2023. The investigation determined the account contained personal information, including names and addresses, though there is no evidence the data was viewed or misused. NIHFCU secured the account, engaged forensic investigators, and is offering one year of complimentary credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

Apr 11, 2023

Begins

Jul 5, 2023

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_7de75af8bd7b9bc12023-07-05Candidate
Montana State AGbd_2c10324bde01a9762023-07-14 · +9dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_ae06c152551278ea2023-07-14 · +9dVerified

Name: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
norm: national institutes of health federal credit union

Name: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
norm: national institutes of health federal credit union
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Apr 11, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 5, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
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 to prevent further unauthorized access
Began an internal investigation
Engaged a forensic security firm to investigate and confirm the security of our email and computer systems
Reviewed the contents of the account to determine if they contained any personal information
Changes made: Enhancing our technical security measures
Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Maine State AGJul 5 · first

Vermont State AGJul 5 · first · this page

Montana State AG+9d

Massachusetts State AG+9d

Pattern: first filing Jul 5 (ME), last Jul 14 (MA) — a 9-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-07-05-national-institutes-health-federal-credit-union-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 5, 2023
Raw hash: c8a86c8a0b1b214e49dbbd31680bdd3daae8b1fe7e1af1f72fd2dd24bca49132

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH FEDERAL CREDIT UNION

Victim entityNATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH FEDERAL CREDIT UNION

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseSecured the email account to prevent further unauthorized access

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov