MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

PENTAGON FEDERAL CREDIT UNION

bd_ea423f720cf0b280 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 12, 2010

Filed

Dec 30, 2010

To disclose

18 days

Affected

514state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for PENTAGON FEDERAL CREDIT UNION →3 incidents on file

Pentagon Federal Credit Union notified NH AG of unauthorized access to a database containing PII (names, SSNs, account numbers) due to malware on a laptop. Incident discovered Dec 12, 2010. Affected ~514 NH residents. PenFed eliminated malware, reissued cards, and offered 2 years of credit monitoring via Kroll.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 18 days

Dec 12, 2010

Discovered

Dec 30, 2010

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_6610cabbc759ac182010-12-30Verified
Hawaii State AGbd_09f5532a02522f9d2011-01-03 · +4dCandidate

Name: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge
norm: edwards angell palmer dodge

Name: PENTAGON FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
norm: pentagon federal credit union
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 12, 2010
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 4, 2011
Affected individuals: 514state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General's Office
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took immediate action to eliminate the unauthorized code
Identified the means by which the information was accessed
Sent notices via first-class mail to affected individuals
Engaged Kroll Inc. to provide ID TheftSmart service
Changes made: Reissued all credit and debit cards relating to those members whose account information may have been improperly obtained
Taken appropriate steps to prevent this from recurring
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 days(18 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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Massachusetts State AGDec 30 · first

New Hampshire State AGDec 30 · first · this page

Hawaii State AG+4d

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/pentagon-credit-union-20101230.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 30, 2010
Raw hash: 8739fc1c8eb5562bf70aab2625fde55cbeff6f4b3e8542dc23cf49e529d0bfde

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEdwards Angell Palmer & Dodge

Victim entityPENTAGON FEDERAL CREDIT UNION

Incidentdiscovered Dec 12, 2010

Stated responseTook immediate action to eliminate the unauthorized code

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov