MisuseFinancial ServicesFinancePrivilege AbuseEmployee Data InvolvedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

POLAM FEDERAL CREDIT UNION

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 20, 2025

Filed

Aug 21, 2026

To disclose

15 months

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for POLAM FEDERAL CREDIT UNION →2 incidents on file

POLAM Federal Credit Union reported that a former employee potentially accessed and/or exfiltrated a limited amount of documents without authorization on or about May 20, 2025. A forensic investigation concluded on August 10, 2026, confirming that some files contained personal information, specifically full names. The organization engaged external cybersecurity professionals and is providing complimentary credit monitoring and fraud assistance services to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 15 months / 458 days

May 20, 2025

Discovered

Aug 21, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+57 wks slower

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

Name: POLAM FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
norm: polam federal credit union

Name: POLAM FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
norm: polam federal credit union
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: May 20, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Working closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Conducted forensic investigation and extensive manual document review
Providing access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing proactive fraud assistance through Cyberscout
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify practices and internal controls to enhance security and privacy
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 months(458 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-628736
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 21, 2026
Raw hash: d0fc114227e6c125851625f6a3f08ab7f78561feded223b88f9c9dde437d891c

Reporting entityPOLAM FEDERAL CREDIT UNION

Victim entityPOLAM FEDERAL CREDIT UNION

Incidentdiscovered May 20, 2025

Stated responseCommenced a prompt and thorough investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov