Wescom Central Credit Union

The Vermont Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Wescom Central Credit Union on October 20, 2023. The breach occurred due to a vulnerability in Barracuda Network, Inc.'s ESG appliance, which allowed unauthorized access to emails and attachments from October 30, 2022, to May 30, 2023. The specific number of affected individuals and details of the compromised data are currently unknown.

Source: https://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-10-20-wescom-central-credit-union-data-breach-notice-consumers

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/wescom-financial

"id": "wes253072625",
"linkid": "wescom-financial",
"type": "Vulnerability",
"date": "10/2022",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Finance',
                        'name': 'Wescom Central Credit Union',
                        'type': 'Financial Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Vulnerability Exploitation',
 'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['Emails', 'Attachments']},
 'date_detected': '2023-10-20',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-10-20',
 'description': 'The Vermont Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving Wescom Central Credit Union on October 20, '
                '2023. The breach occurred due to a vulnerability in Barracuda '
                "Network, Inc.'s ESG appliance, which allowed unauthorized "
                'access to emails and attachments from October 30, 2022, to '
                'May 30, 2023. The specific number of affected individuals and '
                'details of the compromised data are currently unknown.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Emails', 'Attachments']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-10-20',
                 'source': 'Vermont Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Wescom Central Credit Union',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': "Barracuda Network, Inc.'s ESG appliance"}