OCEANSIDE, Calif. — Frontwave Credit Union has disclosed a data breach involving member information following an incident tied to a third-party service provider, according to a filing with the California Attorney General’s Office.
The breach, which occurred April 3, was reported to state regulators on April 28, according to the attorney general’s data breach notification database.
In its disclosure, the $1.7-billion Frontwave CU said it was notified by a service provider that non-public member information had been inadvertently shared with another credit union. The receiving institution subsequently deleted the data, and the incident was described as isolated.
The compromised information included members’ names and Social Security numbers, according to details provided in the filing. The total number of individuals affected was not disclosed, according to ClaimDepot.
Frontwave said the breach did not stem from a cyberattack on its own systems but rather from an error involving the third-party provider, the report added.
As part of its response, the credit union is offering affected members 12 months of complimentary identity protection and credit monitoring services.
