Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Ardent Federal Credit Union

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 5, 2020

Filed

Jan 28, 2021

To disclose

34 weeks

Affected

14state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

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

Ardent Credit Union notified Montana residents of a June 5, 2020 incident where an unauthorized individual accessed an employee email account via phishing. The account contained names, SSNs, and driver's license numbers. No misuse was found. Ardent engaged forensic vendors, blocked access, and provided Experian credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 34 weeks / 237 days

Jun 5, 2020

Begins

Jun 5, 2020

Discovered

Jan 28, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+25 wks slower

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

Delaware State AGbd_7af6eea4bc2ebffe2021-01-28Verified
Indiana State AGbd_f9ff6cffd8e14ed22021-01-28Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_187435488f2e77052021-02-02 · +5dVerified
California State AGbd_a51abf9346add7252021-02-02 · +5dVerified

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Maine State AGbd_c8e42cc73b9d1eb42021-02-02 · +5dVerified by operator

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

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

Discovered: Jun 5, 2020
Breach occurred: Jun 5, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 28, 2021
Affected individuals: 14state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Blocked 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
Engaged Experian to provide credit monitoring services
Changes made: Evaluated security measures to prevent similar attempts in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 34 weeks(237 days from discovery to filing)
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

Indiana State AGJan 28 · first

Montana State AGJan 28 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+5d

California State AG+5d

Maine State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Jan 28 (DE), last Feb 2 (ME) — 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/EXPERIAN_G1654_Ardent-Credit-Union_L01_SAS_2.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 28, 2021
Raw hash: ed029451ae33f9194d1d33e9d2d6c0f7e2d1fdde926f6e6aba6e6e85cb5ee437

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityArdent Federal Credit Union

Victim entityArdent Federal Credit Union

Incidentdiscovered Jun 5, 2020

Stated responseBlocked the unauthorized access

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov