The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that Dow Credit Union experienced a data breach that was discovered on August 11, 2023, due to unauthorized access exploiting a vulnerability in the MOVEit file transfer service. The breach occurred between May 30 and May 31, 2023, and affected 29,954 individuals, including the exposure of Social Security numbers. Dow Credit Union is offering 12 months of Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B as identity protection services.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/dowcreditunion
"id": "dow255080425",
"linkid": "dowcreditunion",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "5/2023",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 29954,
'industry': 'Financial Services',
'name': 'Dow Credit Union',
'type': 'Credit Union'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 29954,
'personally_identifiable_information': 'Social Security '
'numbers',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': 'Social Security numbers'},
'date_detected': '2023-08-11',
'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that Dow '
'Credit Union experienced a data breach that was discovered on '
'August 11, 2023, due to unauthorized access exploiting a '
'vulnerability in the MOVEit file transfer service. The breach '
'occurred between May 30 and May 31, 2023, and affected 29,954 '
'individuals, including the exposure of Social Security '
'numbers. Dow Credit Union is offering 12 months of Experian '
'IdentityWorks Credit 3B as identity protection services.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers']},
'references': [{'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Dow Credit Union Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'MOVEit file transfer service vulnerability'}