Have you received a postcard regarding your mortgage that appears to be from TwinStar Credit Union? You aren’t alone.

It has come to our attention that The Office of the Washington State Auditor (SAO) recently had a data breach with the file transfer service Accellion.

Scammers are very active during weekends and long holidays, taking advantage of credit union closures and travelers. Unfortunately, they are often successful.

Protecting your account is now more important than ever. Criminals are using a method called “credential stuffing” to try and access accounts at financial institutions.

Protect yourself and those you love. In a recent scam targeting cash-strapped millennials, fraudsters are once again cashing in on people’s naivety and goodwill. This time they’re using social media to make it happen.

Riiiing! You race for the landline, but the caller has already hung up—after just one ring. How rude! You thumb through the Caller ID, poised to give your mysterious caller a ring back when you note the strange area code.

We’ve received multiple reports that fraudulent emails are being sent to our members attempting to obtain their private information. The emails state that the Member’s online account access has been blocked due to ongoing maintenance or that the Member needs to verify their account or identity by f

TwinStar has rolled out enhanced Fraud Detection notifications to members. Previously, we would call the phone number on your account to verify any suspicious transactions we detected.

The situation is becoming all too common: you receive a call while out shopping or perhaps during dinner. Perhaps you don’t recognize the number, but the person on the line identifies themselves as an employee of your financial institution. They speak urgently—there’s a problem with your account.

Equifax reported that that a cybersecurity breach has compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans - approximately 44% of the total U.S.

We’re seeing a rise in a new scam targeting teens and young adults in our area. This extremely damaging scam mainly works when a fraudster takes advantage of a victim’s naivety and commits fraud in the victim’s name.

If you lost your wallet today, could you identify what was in it?

TwinStar Credit Union members can now change their online and mobile device login credentials to include a Login ID instead of account number. It is a security best practice to have a Login ID as opposed to account number in order to protect your online identity.

Identity theft is a fast-growing crime, and it's important to know how to protect yourself.

What is a Virus? A Virus is a malicious software program that exists on local disk drives and spreads from one computer to another through sharing of "infected" files.

If you have five, ten, twenty computer passwords or more, you may be risking your online security with inadequate passwords. Take a minute to review a few brief tips for safer passwords: Long. The length of your password is the most important security factor.