Heritage South Credit Union
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Full breach record for Heritage South Credit Union →Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group Embargo on its public extortion blog. It has not been validated by the victim or any regulator. Treat attribution and counts as the threat actor's assertion until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure corroborates them.
Source: Ransomware.live
Post text · scraped from the leak site
Heritage South Credit Union was originally chartered in 1937 as the Avondale Employees Federal Credit Union. After many years and a couple of name changes, Heritage South Credit Union continues to have a strong presence in Sylacauga, Childersburg, Moody, and Alexander City as a fixture in the community and as a stable and secure financial institution. Heritage South Credit Union has grown to over $160 million in assets and over 14,000+ members. - 300 GB data including: - debit card numbers - account numbers - SSN - address - phone - email - DOB - current balances - debts - loans - insurance Here's data for CEO: ...
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
Feb 14, 2025
Claim posted
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Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.
Claim → filing
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Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap
- Montana State AGbd_996422d1804d58802025-03-21 · +34dVerified by operator
- Massachusetts State AGbd_e2b00daaaae6e0322025-03-21 · +34dVerified by operator
Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states
View merged incident ↗Pattern: first filing Feb 14, last Mar 21 (MA) — a 34-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?
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Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.
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embargo
According to ransomware.live, Embargo is a Rust-based ransomware-as-a-service group that emerged in April 2024, primarily targeting US healthcare, manufacturing, and business services organizations using double extortion, assessed as a potential successor to BlackCat/ALPHV with over $34 million in ransom proceeds.