HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)CriticalContained

First Financial Credit Union

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Mar 9, 2022

Filed

May 18, 2022

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected · nationwide

229,74829 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for First Financial Credit Union →

First Financial Credit Union (FFCU) reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring between January 17, 2022, and February 7, 2022, discovered on March 9, 2022. The incident affected 229,748 individuals, including 29 Maine residents. Acquired data included names and driver's license numbers. FFCU provided substitute notice on April 6, 2022, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection through Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered Mar 9, 2022 → Filed with AG May 18, 202270d ⏱ ME AG >30d10 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 51 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 70 days

Jan 17, 2022

Begins

Mar 9, 2022

Discovered

May 18, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by lockbit2 about this victim predates this filing by 80 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitelockbit2bd_4c739a25c8efe3702022-02-27 · +80dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_5bb942b7848d57d52022-05-18Verified
Oregon State AGbd_d75b26bc54abcc1a2022-05-18Verified by operator
California State AGbd_dc948e8357a879062022-05-18Verified
Montana State AGbd_aaf2a11c9e9b4c5a2022-04-06 · +42dCandidate

Name: First Financial Credit Union
norm: first financial credit union
Domain: ffnm.org
Industry: Financial Services

Name: First Financial Credit Union
norm: first financial credit union
Domain: ffnm.org
Industry: Financial Services
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 9, 2022
Breach occurred: Jan 17, 2022 – Feb 7, 2022
Undetected for: 51 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 6, 2022
Affected individuals: 229,748state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Driver's licence number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Provided Substitute Notice
Offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring services, including identify theft protection services through Experian IdentityWorks 3B
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(70 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 70dLeak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Mar 9, 2022
→ Filed with AG: May 18, 2022
70d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Mar 9, 2022 → Filed with AG: May 18, 2022	70d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Montana State AGApr 6 · first

Massachusetts State AG+42d

Oregon State AG+42d

California State AG+42d

Maine State AG+42d · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 6 (MT), last May 18 (ME) — a 42-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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/c4b3dad1-d54e-4c98-ae3f-b1e0bd1744d4.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 18, 2022
Raw hash: ab9eef2e3d5a74400855c91224f978b6df367ef64055a0f4c94cb865bcad0f6d

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFirst Financial Credit Union

Victim entityFirst Financial Credit Union

Incidentdiscovered Mar 9, 2022

Stated responseProvided Substitute Notice

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov