HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesDelayed DiscoveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsHigh

Houser, LLP

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 18, 2024

Filed

Feb 28, 2024

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected · nationwide

326,3861,483 in this filing

Linked

23 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Houser, LLP →

Houser LLP, a professional services firm, reported an external system breach that occurred on May 7, 2023, and was discovered on January 18, 2024. The incident affected 326,386 individuals, compromising names and financial account information, including account numbers and access codes/PINs. The firm notified affected individuals on February 28, 2024, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring services through IDX.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jan 18, 2024 → Filed with AG Feb 28, 202441d ⏱ ME AG >30d6 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 256 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 41 days

May 7, 2023

Begins

Jan 18, 2024

Discovered

Feb 28, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

13 wks faster

This filing is one of 23 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_13a325d86f76f6f72024-03-26 · +27dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_18b5dd7e86b213522024-03-26 · +27dVerified
California State AGbd_8a4cf4dd8b36d1b42024-03-26 · +27dVerified
Maine State AGbd_c1c7841f0ee89fe52024-03-26 · +27dVerified

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Vermont State AGbd_af0b2641e3351df62024-03-27 · +28dVerified
California State AGbd_3f910d0506adf4a32024-04-12 · +44dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_521a4b0865ecc11a2024-04-12 · +44dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_5c7bcad0b397e0a12024-04-12 · +44dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_631c1acc1b5f6e812024-04-12 · +44dVerified
Maine State AGbd_b60a96892267f8cc2024-04-12 · +44dVerified

Showing first 10 of 22 linked disclosures.

Name: Houser
norm: houser
Domain: houser.com

Name: Houser, LLP
norm: houser
Domain: houser-law.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 18, 2024
Breach occurred: May 7, 2023
Undetected for: 256 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 28, 2024
Affected individuals: 326,386state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Houser providing access to credit monitoring services for 12 months, through IDX, A ZeroFox Company, to individuals whose personal information was potentially affected by this incident, at no cost to these individuals.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(41 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 41dME CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jan 18, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Feb 28, 2024
41d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jan 18, 2024 → Filed with AG: Feb 28, 2024	41d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 5 states

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Maine State AGFeb 28 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+27d

Delaware State AG+27d

California State AG+27d

Maine State AG+27d

Vermont State AG+28d

California State AG+44d

Vermont State AG+44d

New Hampshire State AG+44d

Delaware State AG+44d

Maine State AG+44d

Pattern: first filing Feb 28 (ME), last Apr 12 (ME) — a 44-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 22 — the full spread may be wider.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/f0c4fd5b-bb10-48f3-82f5-d46753d726a4.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 28, 2024
Raw hash: 637b424e9eee06a5d78fb6b3a242878191e170c5736a66e41ca6509a3cdf651f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHouser

Victim entityHouser, LLP

Incidentdiscovered Jan 18, 2024

Stated responseHouser providing access to credit monitoring services for 12 months, through IDX, A ZeroFox Company, to individuals whose personal information was potentially affected by this incident, at no cost to these individuals.

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov