Patelco Credit Union

Patelco Credit Union suffered a ransomware attack that resulted in a significant data breach, affecting over 1 million people. Personal information, including names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, dates of birth, and email addresses, was compromised. Initially reported as affecting 726,000 individuals, further investigations increased this figure to 1,009,472. The incident prompted Patelco to offer free identity protection services for two years to those impacted. The breach not only threatened the privacy of customers but also exposed the credit union to potential financial and reputation damage.

Source: https://securityaffairs.com/169139/cyber-crime/patelco-credit-union-data-breach.html

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/patelco-credit-union

"id": "pat000100124",
"linkid": "patelco-credit-union",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "9/2024",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1009472,
                        'industry': 'Financial Services',
                        'name': 'Patelco Credit Union',
                        'type': 'Credit Union'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1009472,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'driver’s license numbers',
                                              'dates of birth',
                                              'email addresses']},
 'description': 'Patelco Credit Union suffered a ransomware attack that '
                'resulted in a significant data breach, affecting over 1 '
                'million people. Personal information, including names, Social '
                'Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, dates of birth, '
                'and email addresses, was compromised. Initially reported as '
                'affecting 726,000 individuals, further investigations '
                'increased this figure to 1,009,472. The incident prompted '
                'Patelco to offer free identity protection services for two '
                'years to those impacted. The breach not only threatened the '
                'privacy of customers but also exposed the credit union to '
                'potential financial and reputation damage.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'driver’s license numbers',
                                 'dates of birth',
                                 'email addresses'],
            'identity_theft_risk': True},
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Offered free identity protection '
                                        'services for two years to those '
                                        'impacted'},
 'title': 'Ransomware Attack and Data Breach at Patelco Credit Union',
 'type': 'Ransomware Attack and Data Breach'}