187,038 People Impacted As Hackers Target West Virginia Financial Firm, Names and Other Personal Information Potentially Exposed in the Data Breach

A major cybersecurity incident has exposed sensitive personal and health information of hundreds of thousands of Americans.

In a filing with the Maine Attorney General, Fairmont Federal Credit Union says 187,038 people are impacted by a data breach that gave hackers access to its internal network.

The hacking incident was first detected last year around January 23rd, prompting an investigation.

The firm says that “one or more of the files accessed and/or acquired by the unauthorized party between September 30th, 2023 and October 18th, 2023 may contain personal information,” including names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, driver’s license or state ID numbers, financial account numbers, routing numbers, financial institution names, credit card numbers and healthcare data.

Fairmont Federal Credit Union says that it is notifying those affected and has not yet received any reports of financial fraud or identity theft related to the data breach.

Meanwhile, class action law firm Lynch Carpenter, LLP is investigating claims against Fairmont Federal Credit Union related to the 2023 data breach to potentially file a lawsuit over the incident.

The West Virginia-based credit union, which offers home mortgage and personal loans among other services, operates nine regional branches with more than 120 employees.

Fairmont Federal Credit Union has nearly $475 million in assets under management.

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