MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

PATELCO CREDIT UNION

bd_d750bc07711391c8 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 29, 2024

Filed

Aug 26, 2024

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

96state residents only

Linked

17 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for PATELCO CREDIT UNION →4 incidents on file

Patelco Credit Union notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a ransomware attack detected on June 29, 2024. Unauthorized access began May 23, 2024. The incident affected 96 NH residents, involving personal information. Patelco contained the threat, restored data, engaged forensic experts, notified law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 37 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 58 days

May 23, 2024

Begins

Jun 29, 2024

Discovered

Aug 26, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 17 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_d9d80d2a80042b162024-08-21 · +5dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_f5f47c32fde9d4b32024-08-21 · +5dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_419d36fd8d01502a2024-09-01 · +6dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_272abed51034ca0c2024-08-20 · +6dVerified

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 32d gap

Montana State AGbd_3490e911272cfc692024-08-20 · +6dVerified
Maine State AGbd_5c6d990f0a1898732024-08-20 · +6dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_712c20c7d06c802e2024-09-23 · +28dVerified
Washington State AGbd_c88dac2c250735a62024-09-23 · +28dVerified
Maine State AGbd_f1d3d40e3783e96c2024-09-23 · +28dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_6132aed4ed74bf362024-09-27 · +32dVerified

Showing first 10 of 16 linked disclosures.

Name: McDonald Hopkins LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins
Domain: patelco.org

Name: PATELCO CREDIT UNION
norm: patelco credit union
Domain: patelco.org
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 29, 2024
Breach occurred: May 23, 2024 – Jun 29, 2024
Undetected for: 37 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 20, 2024
Affected individuals: 96state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General

During the incident: Proactively disabling all unauthorized access to its network
Restoring all data
Commencing a prompt and thorough investigation
Notified law enforcement
Worked very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Offered complimentary credit monitoring to the impacted residents
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify its practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(58 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 8 states

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Oregon State AGAug 20 · first

Montana State AGAug 20 · first

Maine State AGAug 20 · first

Vermont State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Illinois State AG+12d

Vermont State AG+34d

Washington State AG+34d

Maine State AG+34d

New Hampshire State AG+38d

Pattern: first filing Aug 20 (OR), last Sep 27 (NH) — a 38-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 16 — the full spread may be wider.

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/patelco-credit-union-20240826.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 26, 2024
Raw hash: dd3a45a86185f2c5d54941c6de129624c157073604c7bdf840b05cdf97fe8dbd

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMcDonald Hopkins LLC

Victim entityPATELCO CREDIT UNION

Incidentdiscovered Jun 29, 2024

Stated responseProactively disabling all unauthorized access to its network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov