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Manchester Credit Union

bd_8e002eb5e13d716b · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Filed

Apr 17, 2025

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Manchester Credit Union

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Sarcoma 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.

Group activity: Financial ServicesDiscovered: 2025-04-17

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

Manchester Credit Union Manchester Credit Union offers ethical and affordable financial services, including personal loans and savings opportunities, catering primarily to local residents. The organization emphasizes community involvement, providing members with a share in ownership and earning dividends on their savings. They also offer a mobile app for convenient money management, and various educational initiatives aimed at promoting financial literacy. With over 30,000 members, the credit union is committed to supporting individuals and communities while keeping financial services accessible.Geo: United Kingdom - Leak size: 6 GB Archive - Contains: Files,SQL

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Apr 17, 2025

Claim posted

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Claim → filing

Compliance clock

Not assessable

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings

View merged incident ↗
PressApr 3 · first
Leak Site+14d · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 3, last Apr 17 — a 14-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claimThis record

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filing

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source ceiling

  • actor name
  • victim claim
  • ransom/leak status
  • discovery date
  • materiality
  • notification
  • affected count
  • confirmed data types
  • compliance clock

The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.

About this groupFirst seen 2024-07-09

sarcoma

According to ransomware.live, Sarcoma is a ransomware group that debuted in October 2024, immediately ranking among the top three most active groups globally and surpassing 116 documented victims by mid-2025, targeting mid-market companies across manufacturing, retail, healthcare, legal, and business services with roughly 50% of victims in the United States.

141 victims claimed globally141 tracked hereFull profile →