Strauss Borrelli PLLC, a leading data breach law firm, is investigating Grow Financial Federal Credit Union (“Grow Financial”) regarding its recent data breach. The Grow Financial data breach involved personal identifiable information belonging to over 1,500 individuals.
ABOUT GROW FINANCIAL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION:
Grow Financial is a credit union and financial cooperative based in Florida. Founded in 1955, Grow Financial offers a wide range of financial products and services to businesses and individuals, including checking and savings accounts, credit cards, loans, wealth management services, and mobile banking. Today, Grow Financial operates 25 neighborhood store locations throughout West Central Florida and the Columbia/Charleston areas of South Carolina, and serves approximately 200,000 members.3 Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, Grow Financial employs over 500 individuals.
WHAT HAPPENED?
Recently, Grow Financial was informed that its former third-party legal service provider, Bowden Barlow Law, P.A., had experienced a data breach in which sensitive personal identifiable information in its systems may have been accessed and acquired. Through its investigation, Bowden Barlow determined that an unauthorized actor may have accessed this sensitive information through one of its computer servers between November 17, 2023, and December 1, 2023. On March 11, 2024, Grow Financial began notifying individuals whose information may have been impacted. The type of information potentially exposed includes:
- Name
- Social Security number
- Financial account information
- Address
If you received a breach notification letter from Grow Financial Federal Credit Union:
We would like to speak with you about your rights and potential legal remedies in response to this data breach. Please fill out the form, below, or contact us at 872.263.1100 or sam@straussborrelli.com.
