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HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

LAFAYETTE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION

bd_d80aaf6241c8160b · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 5, 2025

Filed

Mar 20, 2025

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected · nationwide

75,545118 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for LAFAYETTE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION4 incidents on file

Lafayette Federal Credit Union reported an external system breach (hacking) on September 16, 2024, where an unauthorized third party accessed an employee email account. The breach was discovered on February 5, 2025. Approximately 75,545 individuals were affected, including 118 Maine residents. Personal information, including names and financial account numbers, was potentially acquired. The credit union engaged forensic investigators and offered 12 months of Experian IdentityWorks credit monitoring to affected individuals.

Maine clockDiscovered Feb 5, 2025Filed with AG Mar 20, 202543d ME AG >30d6 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 · 142 days
discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 43 days

Sep 16, 2024

Begins

Feb 5, 2025

Discovered

Mar 20, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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

Show 1 more filingup to 117d gap

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗
California State AGMar 20 · first
Nebraska State AGMar 20 · first
Massachusetts State AGMar 20 · first
Montana State AGMar 20 · first
Maine State AGMar 20 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 20 (CA), last Jul 15 (TX) — a 117-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.