HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCapture App DataCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Ardent Federal Credit Union

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 2, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

79%

Full breach record for Ardent Federal Credit Union →2 incidents on file

On June 5, 2020, an unauthorized individual gained access to an Ardent Credit Union employee's email account. The account contained members' names, Social Security numbers, and/or driver's license numbers collected during normal business operations. Ardent blocked the unauthorized access, engaged a forensic vendor, and offered Experian credit monitoring to affected individuals. Notification letters were sent in January 2021.

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Incident timeline

Jun 5, 2020

Begins

Feb 2, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_187435488f2e77052021-02-02Verified
Maine State AGbd_c8e42cc73b9d1eb42021-02-02Verified by operator
Delaware State AGbd_7af6eea4bc2ebffe2021-01-28 · +5dVerified
Montana State AGbd_c9cea4dc8382d3f32021-01-28 · +5dCandidate

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Indiana State AGbd_f9ff6cffd8e14ed22021-01-28 · +5dVerified

Name: Ardent Federal Credit Union
norm: ardent federal credit union

Name: Ardent Federal Credit Union
norm: ardent federal credit union
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Jun 5, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 28, 2021
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Immediately took steps to block the unauthorized access
Evaluated security measures to prevent similar attempts in the future
Retained the services of an outside forensic vendor to investigate the incident
Established a dedicated member support hotline at [REDACTED-PHONE]
Engaged Experian to provide credit monitoring services at no cost to affected individuals
Changes made: Evaluated security measures to prevent similar attempts in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Delaware State AGJan 28 · first

Montana State AGJan 28 · first

Indiana State AGJan 28 · first

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Maine State AG+5d

California State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 28 (DE), last Feb 2 (CA) — a 5-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-537666
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 2, 2021
Raw hash: 751371e12e9eb4d49a4c7b6d2683098e9bfbd18c22b55b862940d995b9d7d704

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityArdent Federal Credit Union

Victim entityArdent Federal Credit Union

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseImmediately took steps to block the unauthorized access

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov