The Breach at Carter Credit Union Another month, another digital massacre. This time, it’s Carter Credit Union—founded in 1954 and allegedly entrusted with $770 million in assets—getting digitally torn apart while Americans sleep. According to their admission to the Maine Attorney General, hackers infiltrated Carter’s systems and helped themselves to a buffet of sensitive data. We're talking names, Social Security numbers, account numbers, even retirement and health records. You know—everything a fraudster needs to become you. Between June 25th and July 2nd, a mysterious "unauthorized third party" roamed freely through Carter's network. And it wasn’t until July 2nd that Carter even realized something was wrong. That’s seven days of unfettered access to files that should’ve been under lock and key.…
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