Ransomware Group Storm Targets Multiple U.S. Banks and Credit Union

• •Storm ransomware group claims attacks on five banks and Insight Credit Union.
• •Sawyer Savings Bank confirmed a breach affecting 16,069 individuals.
• •Insight Credit Union reported a breach affecting 656 Texans with sensitive data exposed.

The ransomware group Storm has claimed responsibility for attacks on five U.S. banks and Insight Credit Union, with two institutions confirming breaches. Sawyer Savings Bank reported a data breach affecting 16,069 individuals, where names and Social Security numbers were compromised. Insight Credit Union disclosed a breach affecting 656 Texans, revealing sensitive personal and financial information. The attacks appear to exploit vulnerabilities in managed service providers, with Storm listing the affected institutions on its leak site to pressure them into paying ransoms. The total assets of the affected banks and credit union amount to approximately $6.7 billion. Four of the banks have not publicly confirmed any incidents, and the claims made by Storm may be overstated. The breach at Sawyer was linked to a vendor's systems rather than the bank itself.