Social EngineeringGovernmentGovernmentPhishingTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)MediumContained

North Adams Housing Authority

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 23, 2024

Filed

Sep 26, 2024

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for North Adams Housing Authority →

North Adams Housing Authority notified Vermont AG of a phishing incident impacting an employee email account from July 18-23, 2024. Affected data included names, SSNs, bank account numbers, and health insurance details. No evidence of fraud found. NAHA is updating safeguards.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday9 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 5 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 65 days

Jul 18, 2024

Begins

Jul 23, 2024

Discovered

Sep 26, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_b01e0619b983c4662024-09-27 · +1dVerified

Name: North Adams Housing Authority
norm: north adams housing authority

Name: North Adams Housing Authority
norm: north adams housing authority
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Jul 23, 2024
Breach occurred: Jul 18, 2024 – Jul 23, 2024
Undetected for: 5 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 26, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to investigate and remediate the incident
Worked diligently to determine whether any personally identifiable information contained in the email account may have been impacted
Changes made: Continue to review and update safeguards to minimize the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(65 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Vermont State AGSep 26 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-09-26-north-adams-housing-authority-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 26, 2024
Raw hash: d56f832833309be3a9a6682f30f6326846aa7155fb927fe79cbd33727e19af3e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNorth Adams Housing Authority

Victim entityNorth Adams Housing Authority

Incidentdiscovered Jul 23, 2024

Stated responseTook steps to investigate and remediate the incident

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov