An unknown number of the third largest credit union's members were put at risk of identity theft after the CU had its security breached by a program carried on an infected laptop.
The $15 billion Pentagon Federal Credit Union partially detailed the breach in a Dec. 30 letter to New Hampshire's attorney general. More than 500 of its members that were New Hampshire residents had their data put at risk, the CU said, and New Hampshire requires notification of information security breaches.
Pentagon Federal used the Massachusetts law firm of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge to send the letter.
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