The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Ardent Credit Union on February 2, 2021. The breach occurred on June 5, 2020, when an unauthorized individual accessed an employee's email account, potentially exposing names, Social Security numbers, and driver's license numbers of unknown individuals.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-537666
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/ardent-credit-union
"id": "ard442072625",
"linkid": "ardent-credit-union",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "6/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Finance',
'name': 'Ardent Credit Union',
'type': 'Financial Institution'}],
'attack_vector': 'Email Account Compromise',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
'Social Security numbers',
"Driver's license numbers"]},
'date_detected': '2021-02-02',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-02-02',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving Ardent Credit Union on February 2, 2021. The '
'breach occurred on June 5, 2020, when an unauthorized '
"individual accessed an employee's email account, potentially "
"exposing names, Social Security numbers, and driver's license "
'numbers of unknown individuals.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
'Social Security numbers',
"Driver's license numbers"]},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Account'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-02-02',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'threat_actor': 'Unauthorized Individual',
'title': 'Data Breach at Ardent Credit Union',
'type': 'Data Breach'}