HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedPIICredentialsFinancial accountLowContained

WESCOM CENTRAL CREDIT UNION

bd_992ecaba454cb70d · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

May 30, 2023

Filed

Oct 20, 2023

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for WESCOM CENTRAL CREDIT UNION →3 incidents on file

Wescom Central Credit Union notified consumers of a data breach involving its Barracuda ESG appliance. A vulnerability allowed unauthorized access to emails and attachments stored on the appliance between October 2022 and May 2023. Wescom removed and decommissioned the appliance, engaged cybersecurity experts, and offered 12 months of identity protection services. Personal information, including financial account data, was potentially accessed.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday20 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 241 days

discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 143 days

Oct 1, 2022

Begins

May 30, 2023

Discovered

Oct 20, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+12 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_05fbc9fc7eca47272023-10-21 · +1dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_0a8506e9bf5e47382023-10-21 · +1dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_37552ac98b0a31f02023-10-21 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_df4928566e9e70402023-10-21 · +1dVerified

Name: WESCOM CENTRAL CREDIT UNION
norm: wescom central credit union
Domain: wescom.org

Name: WESCOM CENTRAL CREDIT UNION
norm: wescom central credit union
Domain: wescom.org
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: May 30, 2023
Breach occurred: Oct 1, 2022 – May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 241 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 20, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIICredentialsFinancial account
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Third party: via Barracuda Network, Inc.
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Removed the appliance from the network
Began an investigation into the incident with cybersecurity experts
Decommissioned our ESG appliances immediately upon notification
Offering a 12-month membership to identity protection services through IDX
Changes made: Decommissioned ESG appliances
No longer utilizing those systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(143 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Vermont State AGOct 20 · first · this page

Maine State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d

California State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-10-20-wescom-central-credit-union-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 20, 2023
Raw hash: 5e992fb0481f0faa585e4cd03ec8a8a66eba5798fd87024631a0c71ddfa6f4e6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWESCOM CENTRAL CREDIT UNION

Victim entityWESCOM CENTRAL CREDIT UNION

Incidentdiscovered May 30, 2023

Stated responseRemoved the appliance from the network

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov