FloridaCentral Credit Union

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving FloridaCentral Credit Union on October 3, 2024. The breach occurred between April 2, 2024, and April 4, 2024, due to unauthorized access (hacking) to an employee email account, affecting a total of 36,479 individuals. Identity theft protection services were offered through Experian for 12 months.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/35031dd5-c1b2-402f-b4b2-e7571ce81a34.html

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/floridacentral-credit-union

"id": "flo804072925",
"linkid": "floridacentral-credit-union",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "4/2024",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 36479,
                        'industry': 'Financial Services',
                        'location': 'Florida',
                        'name': 'FloridaCentral Credit Union',
                        'type': 'Credit Union'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access (Hacking)',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 36479,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Email Account Data'},
 'date_detected': '2024-10-03',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2024-10-03',
 'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving FloridaCentral Credit Union on October 3, '
                '2024. The breach occurred between April 2, 2024, and April 4, '
                '2024, due to unauthorized access (hacking) to an employee '
                'email account, affecting a total of 36,479 individuals. '
                'Identity theft protection services were offered through '
                'Experian for 12 months.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Email Account Data',
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Employee Email Account'},
 'post_incident_analysis': {'corrective_actions': 'Identity Theft Protection '
                                                  'Services',
                            'root_causes': 'Unauthorized Access to Employee '
                                           'Email Account'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2024-10-03',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'response': {'remediation_measures': 'Identity Theft Protection Services',
              'third_party_assistance': 'Experian'},
 'title': 'FloridaCentral Credit Union Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Employee Email Account'}