Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainPIIIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

VENTURA COUNTY CREDIT UNION

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 14, 2022

Filed

Jan 24, 2024

To disclose

14 months

Affected

13state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for VENTURA COUNTY CREDIT UNION →3 incidents on file

Ventura County Credit Union (VCCU) reported a phishing incident where unauthorized access to employee email accounts occurred between October 20 and December 15, 2022. VCCU discovered the suspicious activity on December 14, 2022. The breach affected personal and financial information of 13 individuals (11 in NH, 2 supplemental NH, plus RI residents). VCCU engaged forensic specialists, notified regulators and credit bureaus, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 55 days

discovery → filing · 14 months / 406 days

Oct 20, 2022

Begins

Dec 14, 2022

Discovered

Jun 7, 2023

Scope determined

Jan 24, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+50 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_94d975cc0c03776a2024-01-24Candidate
California State AGbd_f0d2f8cfe155efef2024-01-24Candidate

Name: VENTURA COUNTY CREDIT UNION
norm: ventura county credit union
Domain: vccuonline.net

Name: VENTURA COUNTY CREDIT UNION
norm: ventura county credit union
Domain: vccuonline.net
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 14, 2022
Breach occurred: Oct 20, 2022 – Dec 15, 2022
Undetected for: 55 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Jun 7, 2023
Notification sent: Jul 6, 2023
Affected individuals: 13state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: providing written notice of this incident to relevant state and federal regulatorsprovided notice to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Launched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Assess the security of VCCU systems
Identify potentially affected individuals
Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Providing access to credit monitoring services for , through Experian
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state and federal regulators
Provided notice to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Changes made: Implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Review policies and procedures relating to data privacy and security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 months(406 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Maine State AGJan 24 · first

California State AGJan 24 · first

New Hampshire State AGJan 24 · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/ventura-county-credit-union-20240124.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 24, 2024
Raw hash: 435c1519fe04b5d9b1fe83a9db9138775e5dd6cc02bc7c99290bf58138f74d47

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityVENTURA COUNTY CREDIT UNION

Victim entityVENTURA COUNTY CREDIT UNION

Incidentdiscovered Dec 14, 2022

Stated responseLaunched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov