HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)EmploymentLowContained

UNITE HERE!

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 23, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

212state residents only

Linked

13 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for UNITE HERE! →

UNITE HERE notified 212 New Hampshire residents of an unauthorized access incident on October 20, 2023. An unauthorized third party accessed systems containing personal information of members and staff from certain local unions, health funds, and the San Diego UNITE HERE Pension Fund. Files may have been taken. Affected data includes names and potentially health/welfare or employment data. UNITE HERE engaged cyber specialists, notified law enforcement and HHS, and is offering credit monitoring.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

Incident timeline

Oct 20, 2023

Begins

Feb 23, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 13 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteinc_ransombd_17ad976435ab97472024-04-22 · +59dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_2672717fc2d0cde02024-02-23Verified by operator
Montana State AGbd_35efb62d46022cd62024-02-23Verified
Oregon State AGbd_3729b8bde4d31e492024-02-23Verified by operator
Washington State AGbd_660977128cd7563d2024-02-23Verified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_a3d01db5513ffe8e2024-02-23Verified by operator
California State AGbd_ab749990d313fd0c2024-02-23Verified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_c3a0ae0aa0e09f542024-02-23Verified by operator
HHS OCRbd_c61e337919b056d42024-02-23Verified by operator
Illinois State AGbd_5310a1dc1743d6722024-02-01 · +22dVerified

Showing first 10 of 12 linked disclosures.

Name: UNITE HERE!
norm: unite here
Domain: unitehere.org

Name: UNITE HERE!
norm: unite here
Domain: unitehere.org
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Oct 20, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 23, 2024
Affected individuals: 212state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)Employment
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcement regarding the eventProviding written notice of this incident to relevant state and federal regulators, as necessaryNotifying the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service, and prominent media pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

During the incident: Immediately took steps to stop the access and increase security
Brought in cyber specialists to investigate
Notified federal law enforcement regarding the event
Reset system passwords
Added extra layers of security
Providing access to credit monitoring services for individuals whose personal information was potentially affected by this incident, at no cost to these individuals
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing individuals with information on how to place a fraud alert and security freeze on one’s credit file
Providing individuals with the contact details for the national consumer reporting agencies
Providing individuals with information on how to obtain a free credit report
Providing individuals with a reminder to remain vigilant for incidents of fraud and identity theft by reviewing account statements and monitoring free credit reports
Providing individuals with encouragement to contact the Federal Trade Commission, their state Attorney General, and law enforcement to report attempted or actual identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state and federal regulators, as necessary, and to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Notifying the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service, and prominent media pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Changes made: Continuing to work to lower the chances of something like this happening again
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: Leak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 10 states

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Illinois State AGFeb 1 · first

Maine State AG+22d

Montana State AG+22d

Oregon State AG+22d

Washington State AG+22d

Massachusetts State AG+22d

California State AG+22d

Indiana State AG+22d

HHS OCR+22d

New Hampshire State AG+22d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 1 (IL), last Feb 23 (NH) — a 22-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 12 — 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/unite-here-20240223.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 23, 2024
Raw hash: d3b324cd58f8dee61d3943c898168ff038600af048837dae19e6548cfa4d37f9

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUNITE HERE!

Victim entityUNITE HERE!

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseImmediately took steps to stop the access and increase security

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov