The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that Summit Credit Union experienced a data breach due to external system hacking, affecting a total of 8,467 individuals, including 4 Maine residents. The breach was discovered on July 29, 2021, and affected personal information such as Social Security numbers. Written notification to affected individuals was sent on August 24, 2021, and identity theft protection services were offered for 12 months through Experian.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/thesummitfcu
"id": "the339080425",
"linkid": "thesummitfcu",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "2/2021",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 8467,
'industry': 'Finance',
'name': 'Summit Credit Union',
'type': 'Financial Institution'}],
'attack_vector': 'External System Hacking',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 8467,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers']},
'date_detected': '2021-07-29',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-08-24',
'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that Summit '
'Credit Union experienced a data breach due to external system '
'hacking, affecting a total of 8,467 individuals, including 4 '
'Maine residents. The breach was discovered on July 29, 2021, '
'and affected personal information such as Social Security '
'numbers. Written notification to affected individuals was '
'sent on August 24, 2021, and identity theft protection '
'services were offered for 12 months through Experian.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers']},
'references': [{'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Written notification to affected '
'individuals',
'third_party_assistance': ['Experian']},
'title': 'Summit Credit Union Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}