Abbott Laboratories Employees Credit Union

On October 18, 2024, the California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Abbott Laboratories Employees Credit Union (ALEC) that occurred on August 2, 2024. An unauthorized third party gained access to an employee email account, potentially exposing personal information, including names and other data elements. The breach affected 19 Rhode Island residents.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-593556

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/alec

"id": "ale132072625",
"linkid": "alec",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "8/2024",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 19,
                        'industry': 'Financial Services',
                        'location': 'Rhode Island',
                        'name': 'Abbott Laboratories Employees Credit Union',
                        'type': 'Credit Union'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email Compromise',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 19,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names', 'Other Data Elements']},
 'date_detected': '2024-10-18',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2024-10-18',
 'description': 'An unauthorized third party gained access to an employee '
                'email account, potentially exposing personal information, '
                'including names and other data elements.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Other Data Elements']},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Account'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2024-10-18',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'threat_actor': 'Unauthorized Third Party',
 'title': 'Data Breach at Abbott Laboratories Employees Credit Union',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Unauthorized Access to Email Account'}