HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Communication Federal Credit Union

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 11, 2024

Filed

Aug 12, 2024

To disclose

31 weeks

Affected

20state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Communication Federal Credit Union →2 incidents on file

Communication Federal Credit Union notified members of a cybersecurity incident where unauthorized access occurred between Dec 31, 2023, and Jan 11, 2024. Suspicious activity was detected on Jan 11, 2024. Affected data included names, DOBs, government IDs (SSN/Driver's License), and financial account numbers. The credit union engaged third-party experts and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 11 days

discovery → filing · 31 weeks / 214 days

Dec 31, 2023

Begins

Jan 11, 2024

Discovered

Aug 12, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+22 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed20 affectedView incident

Name: Communication Federal Credit Union
norm: communication federal credit union
Domain: comfedcu.org
Industry: financial_services

Name: Communication Federal Credit Union
norm: communication federal credit union
Domain: comfedcu.org
Industry: financial_services
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 11, 2024
Breach occurred: Dec 31, 2023 – Jan 11, 2024
Undetected for: 11 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 12, 2024
Affected individuals: 20state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took immediate steps to secure network systems
Engaged a data-review firm to determine what information was contained in affected files
Hired third-party experts to address the situation and perform an investigation
Posted information about the incident to its website on February 21, 2024
Offered complimentary one-year membership to Experian’s IdentityWorks
Changes made: Further secured systems to help protect the information maintained
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 31 weeks(214 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1585.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 12, 2024
Raw hash: 009bfeae4c8e0c17903f5b757f610cfb1710aa1801531dbb90f9fbb67b7290d6

Reporting entityCommunication Federal Credit Union

Victim entityCommunication Federal Credit Union

Incidentdiscovered Jan 11, 2024

Stated responseTook immediate steps to secure network systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov