SAVANNAH, Ga.—Georgia Heritage Financial Credit Union has disclosed a data breach affecting 43,077 individuals following a ransomware incident earlier this year, according to reporting by ClassAction.org.
Information filed with the Maine Attorney General’s office indicates the incident occurred on or around Jan. 25, 2025. A sample notification letter reviewed by ClassAction.org states the $160.6-million credit union detected unauthorized activity within its network and subsequently engaged a cybersecurity firm to investigate.
The institution also retained a data mining vendor to analyze compromised files and identify both the individuals affected and the types of data exposed, according to the report.
Information Compromised
Potentially compromised information includes:
- Names and addresses
- Dates of birth
- Driver’s license details
- Employment information
- Financial account data
- Foreign national identification numbers
- Health information
- Passport details
- Email addresses and phone numbers
- Social Insurance numbers and Social Security numbers
Georgia Heritage operates four branch locations and two ATM-only sites in and around Savannah.
The credit union is the second in recent days to report a breach. As the CU Daily reported here, Alaska Air Group Federal Credit Union has also disclosed a data breach tied to a third-party IT service provider that affected more than 10,000 individuals.
