Honor Credit Union

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Honor Credit Union on June 25, 2021. The breach occurred on January 29, 2021, and was discovered on May 7, 2021, resulting in the unauthorized access of an employee’s email account, affecting a total of 8,592 individuals, including four Maine residents. The compromised information included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and financial account information.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/58684a96-16bf-455e-82d5-d6b4039316ec.shtml

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

"id": "hon053072725",
"linkid": "honor-credit-union",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "1/2021",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 8592,
                        'industry': 'Finance',
                        'name': 'Honor Credit Union',
                        'type': 'Financial Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email Account Compromise',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 8592,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'addresses',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'financial account information']},
 'date_detected': '2021-05-07',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-06-25',
 'description': "Unauthorized access to an employee's email account resulting "
                'in the compromise of personal and financial information.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'addresses',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'financial account information']},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Account'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-06-25',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Honor Credit Union Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}