SAVANNAH, Ga.—The $161-million Georgia Heritage FCU has disclosed a data breach affecting 43,077 members, with a filing to the Maine Attorney General showing consumer notices went out on Jan. 15, 2026.
Claim Depot reported the credit union said the incident was a ransomware attack that occurred on or about Jan. 25, 2025, and was discovered Feb. 10, 2025. Georgia Heritage said it secured its network, brought in a third-party cybersecurity firm to investigate and later used a data-mining vendor to determine what files and individuals were affected.
The information potentially exposed was broad, and may have included names, addresses, dates of birth, driver’s license information, employment-related information, financial account information, passport data, personal email addresses, phone numbers, Social Insurance numbers, Social Security numbers, foreign national ID numbers and health-related information.
Georgia Heritage reportedly told affected individuals it had no evidence so far of fraudulent misuse, but was providing notice out of an abundance of caution, Claim Depot noted.