HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMediumContained

Northern Savings Credit Union

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 6, 2022

Filed

Apr 7, 2022

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected · nationwide

12,5001 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Northern Savings Credit Union →

Northern Savings Credit Union, a Canadian financial institution, reported a data breach affecting one Maine resident. The breach, which occurred on December 22, 2021, and was discovered on January 6, 2022, was described as an external system breach (hacking). The compromised information included names combined with financial account numbers or credit/debit card numbers along with their access codes. The credit union notified affected individuals on April 6, 2022, and offered two years of free identity theft and credit monitoring services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jan 6, 2022 → Filed with AG Apr 7, 202291d ✗ ME AG >90d13 weeks 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 · 15 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 91 days

Dec 22, 2021

Begins

Jan 6, 2022

Discovered

Apr 7, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_ffc5620b615aa65b2022-04-07Verified

Name: Northern Savings Credit Union
norm: northern savings credit union
Domain: northsave.com

Name: Northern Savings Credit Union
norm: northern savings credit union
Domain: northsave.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 6, 2022
Breach occurred: Dec 22, 2021
Undetected for: 15 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 6, 2022
Affected individuals: 12,500state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

Changes made: Offered 2 years of free identity theft and credit monitoring services.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(91 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 91dME resident >60d · 90d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jan 6, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Apr 7, 2022
91d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Jan 6, 2022
→ Notified: Apr 6, 2022
90d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jan 6, 2022 → Filed with AG: Apr 7, 2022	91d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Jan 6, 2022 → Notified: Apr 6, 2022	90d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGApr 7 · first

Maine State AGApr 7 · first · this page

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.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/8aaba0c2-3e00-4f9b-9d44-361d0ce9339c.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 7, 2022
Raw hash: f0d598f73e7d6c5d722c023fb3d9a18dfea4ded1bab83810ba08d1c75fb7871a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNorthern Savings Credit Union

Victim entityNorthern Savings Credit Union

Incidentdiscovered Jan 6, 2022

Stated responseOffered 2 years of free identity theft and credit monitoring services.

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov