Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

Connected Credit Union

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 30, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

40state residents only

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Connected Credit Union →3 incidents on file

Connected Credit Union notified Massachusetts and DC residents that an unauthorized individual accessed an employee email account via a phishing scheme. The incident exposed personal information including names and other elements. The credit union secured the account, engaged forensic investigators, and is offering 24 months of complimentary identity monitoring through Experian.

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Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Apr 30, 2026

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed40 affectedView incident

Name: Connected Credit Union
norm: connected credit union

Name: Connected Credit Union
norm: connected credit union
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 40state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure the account
Initiated an internal investigation
Engaged a cybersecurity company to conduct a forensic investigation
Offering a complimentary 24-month membership of Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B
Changes made: Worked closely with a cybersecurity firm to further strengthen our security measures
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.

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://www.mass.gov/doc/2026-675-connected-credit-union/download
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 30, 2026
Raw hash: fe3e8bec8141f7451ef2f97343705e2e771f56ce1b2317fd4ccffd7e96c83142

Reporting entityConnected Credit Union

Victim entityConnected Credit Union

IncidentPhishing

Stated responseTook steps to secure the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.mass.gov