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HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)PIIMediumContained

Tri State Area Federal Credit Union

bd_7dc4ace155c55843 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 19, 2024

Filed

Aug 19, 2024

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2,7835 in this filing

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Tri State Area Federal Credit Union

Tri State Area Federal Credit Union (TSAFCU) reported a breach where an employee email account was accessed by an unauthorized party between May 9-10, 2024. The incident was discovered on July 19, 2024. The breach potentially exposed names and other personal identifiers. TSAFCU notified 2,783 affected individuals, including 5 Maine residents, on August 19, 2024, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring via Experian.

Maine clockDiscovered Jul 19, 2024Filed with AG Aug 19, 202431d ME AG >30d4 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 · 71 days
discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 31 days

May 9, 2024

Begins

Jul 19, 2024

Discovered

Aug 19, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,783 affectedView incident

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.