MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareRansom DemandedData EncryptedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Georgia Heritage Federal Credit Union

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 10, 2025

Filed

Apr 17, 2026

To disclose

14 months

Affected

12state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Georgia Heritage Federal Credit Union →3 incidents on file

Georgia Heritage Federal Credit Union notified the NH Attorney General of a ransomware incident occurring on Jan 25, 2025, discovered Feb 10, 2025. 12 NH residents affected; data included names, SSNs, DOBs, and financial account numbers. Notifications mailed Jan 15, 2026, offering credit monitoring.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d14 months 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 · 16 days

discovery → filing · 14 months / 431 days

Jan 25, 2025

Begins

Feb 10, 2025

Discovered

Apr 17, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+52 wks slower

This filing is one of 10 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by ransomhub about this victim predates this filing by 447 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_e8c28663727256b32026-04-17Verified
Maine State AGbd_e8d6d8ccf46873e62026-04-17Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_2783e266a5f1508e2026-04-20 · +3dVerified
Texas State AGbd_1539035136c4ef1c2026-04-22 · +5dVerified

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 92d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_5b72bcb3850642622026-04-27 · +10dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_cb156bc6b63d12592026-04-28 · +11dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_21ac0ea0be3559bf2026-05-26 · +39dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_a9f560c529b27a0b2026-01-15 · +92dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_fd6f4db540c1cc012026-01-15 · +92dVerified

Name: Pierson Ferdinand LLP
norm: pierson ferdinand
Domain: pierferd.com

Name: Georgia Heritage Federal Credit Union
norm: georgia heritage federal credit union
Domain: gaheritagefcu.org
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 10, 2025
Breach occurred: Jan 25, 2025
Undetected for: 16 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 15, 2026
Affected individuals: 12state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Worked with cybersecurity counsel and forensic experts to investigate how the Incident occurred
Implemented additional security measures to secure its environment
Notifying the affected individuals and providing them with steps they can take to protect their personal information
Offering complimentary identity protection services, including 12 months of credit monitoring, and fully managed identity theft recovery services
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures to secure its environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 months(431 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180d
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 · 10 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗

Nebraska State AGJan 15 · first

Indiana State AGJan 15 · first

Vermont State AG+92d

Maine State AG+92d

New Hampshire State AG+92d · this page

South Carolina State AG+95d

Texas State AG+97d

New Hampshire State AG+102d

Massachusetts State AG+103d

New Hampshire State AG+131d

Pattern: first filing Jan 15 (NE), last May 26 (NH) — a 131-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/georgia-heritage-federal-credit-union-20260417.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 17, 2026
Raw hash: ecfb8fc743707186bc9e6cd366fc006e326d6630a953328eb06c100367b0accc

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPierson Ferdinand LLP

Victim entityGeorgia Heritage Federal Credit Union

Incidentdiscovered Feb 10, 2025

Stated responseWorked with cybersecurity counsel and forensic experts to investigate how the Incident occurred

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov