Social EngineeringOtherPhishingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Community HousingWorks

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 22, 2023

Filed

Oct 7, 2024

To disclose

41 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Community HousingWorks →

Community HousingWorks notified Montana residents of a security incident discovered on December 22, 2023, where unauthorized actors accessed employee email accounts via phishing. Affected data includes names and Social Security numbers. The company engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, enhanced security protocols, and offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 41 weeks / 290 days

Dec 22, 2023

Begins

Dec 22, 2023

Discovered

Oct 7, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+33 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_0eb93848c1eeca4d2024-10-07Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_18a70b471ecec3b22024-10-07Verified
California State AGbd_4f190d732f2073002024-10-07Verified
Indiana State AGbd_7feff9d5582d0d972024-10-07Verified

Name: Community HousingWorks
norm: community housingworks
Domain: chworks.org

Name: Community HousingWorks
norm: community housingworks
Domain: chworks.org
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Dec 22, 2023
Breach occurred: Dec 22, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 7, 2024
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notifying applicable state and federal regulatorsnotifying consumer reporting agencies
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Launched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Conducted a comprehensive review of the contents of these email accounts
Notified law enforcement
Enhanced its existing security protocols
Providing you with access to complimentary credit monitoring services at no charge
Providing you with proactive fraud assistance
Changes made: Enhanced its existing security protocols
Continues to evaluate its policies and procedures related to data privacy and security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 41 weeks(290 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

New Hampshire State AGOct 7 · first

Massachusetts State AGOct 7 · first

California State AGOct 7 · first

Indiana State AGOct 7 · first

Montana State AGOct 7 · first · this page

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1743.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 7, 2024
Raw hash: 894c97c313605bda1125532a5df3bc139edc7e5f38ec634148ac23014ebb13da

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCommunity HousingWorks

Victim entityCommunity HousingWorks

Incidentdiscovered Dec 22, 2023

Stated responseLaunched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov