PITTSBURGH, Dec. 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CoVantage Credit Union (“CoVantage”), a financial institution with branches in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Illinois,1 recently announced a cybersecurity incident, which impacted the personal information of an unknown number of individuals. Lynch Carpenter, LLP is investigating claims against CoVantage related to this data breach. For an attorney to review your case, visit our site HERE.
In the incident, an unauthorized person gained access to CoVantage’s network through a third-party software vendor and may have acquired records containing personally identifiable information (“PII”) that includes individuals’ names in combination with:
Social Security number
financial account information
dates of birth
addresses
phone numbers
If your information was impacted in this incident, you may be entitled to compensation. For an attorney to review your case, visit our site HERE.
If you have received any other data breach notice letters in the last 30 days, please contact us here.
About Lynch Carpenter
Lynch Carpenter is a national class action law firm with offices in Pennsylvania, California, and Illinois. Our firm has represented millions of clients in data privacy matters for more than a decade and has earned national acclaim for complex litigation for plaintiffs across the country. To learn more, please visit www.lynchcarpenter.com.
For more information, please call Jerry Wells at (412) 322-9243, or email him at [email protected
CoVantage Credit Union cybersecurity rating report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/covantage-credit-union
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"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2025",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'incident': {'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'Unknown number of '
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'industry': 'Banking/Financial Services',
'location': ['Wisconsin',
'Michigan',
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'size': None,
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'attack_vector': 'Third-party software vendor compromise',
'customer_advisories': 'Victims advised to contact Lynch '
'Carpenter, LLP for case review; '
'potential compensation offered.',
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'date_publicly_disclosed': '2025-12-01',
'description': 'An unauthorized person gained access to '
'CoVantage Credit Union’s network through a '
'third-party software vendor and may have '
'acquired records containing personally '
'identifiable information (PII), including names, '
'Social Security numbers, financial account '
'information, dates of birth, addresses, and '
'phone numbers. The breach impacted an unknown '
'number of individuals across Wisconsin, '
'Michigan, and Illinois.',
'impact': {'brand_reputation_impact': 'Potential (under '
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'conversion_rate_impact': None,
'customer_complaints': None,
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'downtime': None,
'financial_loss': None,
'identity_theft_risk': 'High (PII exposed)',
'legal_liabilities': 'Under investigation (Lynch '
'Carpenter, LLP reviewing '
'claims)',
'operational_impact': None,
'payment_information_risk': 'High (financial account '
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'post_incident_analysis': {'corrective_actions': None,
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'ransomware': {'data_encryption': None,
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'ransom_demanded': None,
'ransom_paid': None,
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'references': [{'date_accessed': '2025-12-01',
'source': 'Globe Newswire - CoVantage Credit '
'Union Press Release',
'url': None},
{'date_accessed': '2025-12-01',
'source': 'Lynch Carpenter, LLP Investigation '
'Notice',
'url': 'https://www.lynchcarpenter.com'}],
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'legal_actions': 'Potential class '
'action (Lynch '
'Carpenter, LLP '
'investigating '
'claims)',
'regulations_violated': None,
'regulatory_notifications': None},
'response': {'adaptive_behavioral_waf': None,
'communication_strategy': 'Public disclosure via '
'Globe Newswire; legal '
'firm (Lynch Carpenter, '
'LLP) investigating '
'claims and notifying '
'potential victims.',
'containment_measures': None,
'enhanced_monitoring': None,
'incident_response_plan_activated': None,
'law_enforcement_notified': None,
'network_segmentation': None,
'on_demand_scrubbing_services': None,
'recovery_measures': None,
'remediation_measures': None,
'third_party_assistance': None},
'threat_actor': 'Unauthorized person (unknown)',
'title': 'CoVantage Credit Union Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}}