HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Gale Credit Union

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 12, 2026

Filed

Sep 3, 2026

To disclose

22 days

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 records

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Gale Credit Union →

Gale Credit Union notified the NH Attorney General of an incident where an unauthorized actor accessed its local network between August 6 and August 12, 2026, and copied files containing the name, SSN, and financial account number of one New Hampshire resident. The union secured the network, engaged a cybersecurity firm, and began mailing notifications on September 3, 2026, offering credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 6 days

discovery → filing · 22 days

Aug 6, 2026

Begins

Aug 12, 2026

Discovered

Sep 3, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteakirabd_9eeb39419d5be1692026-08-31 · +3dCandidate

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_77c39eb327bdcf022026-09-03Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_ec7fb3042370f5552026-09-01 · +2dCandidate

Name: Gale Credit Union
norm: gale credit union
Domain: galecu.net

Name: Gale Credit Union
norm: gale credit union
Domain: galecu.net
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 12, 2026
Breach occurred: Aug 6, 2026 – Aug 12, 2026
Undetected for: 6 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 3, 2026
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Took steps to secure its network
Commenced an investigation
Engaged a cybersecurity firm to assist
Commenced mailing notifications
Established a dedicated, toll-free call center
Offering credit monitoring through Kroll
Changes made: Taken steps to enhance the security of its network
Will continue to take steps to enhance the security of its network
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 days(22 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGSep 1 · first

Indiana State AG+2d

New Hampshire State AG+2d · this page

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/gale-credit-union-20260903.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 3, 2026
Raw hash: f37cb07cd827447b58f931d6e8f1ef2b82c15d743c30b45a34bf24241c29cce3

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGale Credit Union

Victim entityGale Credit Union

Incidentdiscovered Aug 12, 2026

Stated responseTook steps to secure its network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov