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HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Abbott Laboratories Employees Credit Union

bd_bbc00141d67e28fa · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 23, 2024

Filed

Oct 18, 2024

To disclose

25 days

Affected · nationwide

36,04461 in this filing

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Abbott Laboratories Employees Credit Union

Abbott Laboratories Employees Credit Union (ALEC) reported an external system breach where an unauthorized third party gained access to an employee email account on August 2, 2024. The breach was discovered on September 23, 2024, affecting 36,044 individuals, including 61 Maine residents. ALEC engaged forensic investigators, secured the account, and offered 12 months of Experian credit monitoring to affected individuals.

Date basis clock Clock withheld · confirmation date25 days discovery → filing
AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 52 days
discovery → filing · 25 days

Aug 2, 2024

Begins

Sep 23, 2024

Discovered

Oct 18, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Show 3 more filingsup to 17d gap

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗

Pattern: first filing Oct 1 (IL), last Oct 18 (ME) — a 17-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.