MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)EmploymentMediumContained

Georgia Heritage Federal Credit Union

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 25, 2025

Filed

Apr 28, 2026

To disclose

15 months

Affected

36state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

64%

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

Georgia Heritage Federal Credit Union experienced a ransomware incident on January 25, 2025, resulting in unauthorized access to personal information including names, addresses, SSNs, driver's license numbers, financial account details, and health-related information. The organization secured its network, engaged third-party investigators, and is providing 24 months of credit monitoring and fraud assistance to affected individuals.

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Massachusetts clock✗ MA AG >90d15 months discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 15 months / 458 days

Jan 25, 2025

Begins

Jan 25, 2025

Discovered

Apr 28, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+56 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 458 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_5b72bcb3850642622026-04-27 · +1dVerified
Texas State AGbd_1539035136c4ef1c2026-04-22 · +6dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_2783e266a5f1508e2026-04-20 · +8dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_9b6f3394bb016a572026-04-17 · +11dVerified

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 103d gap

Vermont State AGbd_e8c28663727256b32026-04-17 · +11dVerified
Maine State AGbd_e8d6d8ccf46873e62026-04-17 · +11dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_21ac0ea0be3559bf2026-05-26 · +28dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_a9f560c529b27a0b2026-01-15 · +103dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_fd6f4db540c1cc012026-01-15 · +103dVerified

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

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

Discovered: Jan 25, 2025
Breach occurred: Jan 25, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 15, 2026
Affected individuals: 36state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)Employment
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Secured its network
Engaged a specialized third-party cybersecurity firm to conduct a comprehensive investigation
Engaged a data mining vendor to review the accessed files
Changed all user credentials
Enhanced the security measures
Changes made: Providing access to CyEx Financial Shield Complete with Experian Single Bureau Credit Monitoring services at no charge for 24 months
Providing proactive fraud assistance through HaystackID
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 months(458 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: MA AG >90dLeak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

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

New Hampshire State AG+92d

Vermont State AG+92d

Maine State AG+92d

South Carolina State AG+95d

Texas State AG+97d

New Hampshire State AG+102d

Massachusetts State AG+103d · this page

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://www.mass.gov/doc/2026-653-georgia-heritage-federal-credit-union/download
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 28, 2026
Raw hash: a879ad6685a14b0cc312e3d972300eaf313bda1633a4d4d68659010a95780ec5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGeorgia Heritage Federal Credit Union

Victim entityGeorgia Heritage Federal Credit Union

Incidentdiscovered Jan 25, 2025

Stated responseSecured its network

ComplianceMA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.mass.gov