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MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareCustomer Data InvolvedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Bayer Heritage Federal Credit Union

bd_616d6833f0ce1066 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 1, 2023

Filed

Mar 29, 2024

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected · nationwide

61,1656 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Bayer Heritage Federal Credit Union

Bayer Heritage Federal Credit Union reported a data breach affecting 61,165 individuals, including 6 Maine residents. The breach, which occurred on October 31, 2023, and was discovered on December 1, 2023, was identified as an external system breach involving ransomware. The compromised information includes names and Social Security numbers. The credit union began notifying affected individuals on March 29, 2024, and is offering 12 months of identity theft protection services through Experian.

Maine clockDiscovered Dec 1, 2023Filed with AG Mar 29, 2024119d ME AG >90d17 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 · 31 days
discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 119 days

Oct 31, 2023

Begins

Dec 1, 2023

Discovered

Mar 29, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+8 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident
A leak claim by lorenz about this victim predates this filing by 119 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Maine State AGFeb 6 · first
Montana State AGFeb 6 · first
Maine State AG+52d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 6 (ME), last Mar 29 (ME) — a 52-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.