HackingOtherStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Preservation of Affordable Housing

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 8, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

8state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Preservation of Affordable Housing →2 incidents on file

Preservation of Affordable Housing, Inc. (POAH) notified the NH Attorney General of unauthorized external access to an employee's email account between March 29, 2021, and April 9, 2021. The incident affected 8 New Hampshire residents, whose name and Social Security number were potentially exposed. POAH engaged third-party specialists for investigation and data review. In response, POAH changed the email password, implemented multifactor authentication, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring through Equifax. Notices were mailed on November 5, 2021.

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Incident timeline

Mar 29, 2021

Begins

Nov 8, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_36c95dc562cc83ed2021-11-05 · +3dVerified
Maine State AGbd_d900a9cb9dd595d02021-11-05 · +3dCandidate

Name: Preservation of Affordable Housing, Inc.
norm: preservation of affordable housing
Domain: c-wlaw.com

Name: Preservation of Affordable Housing
norm: preservation of affordable housing
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Mar 29, 2021 – Apr 9, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 5, 2021
Affected individuals: 8state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Began an investigation, which included working with third-party specialists to determine the nature and scope of the activity
Worked with a third-party data review vendor to conduct a review of the contents of the account
Changed the email account password
Providing notice of this incident to potentially impacted individuals
Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services offered through Equifax for twelve (12) months
Changes made: Implemented multifactor authentication
Reviewing its policies and procedures related to data security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGNov 5 · first

Maine State AGNov 5 · first

New Hampshire State AG+3d · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/preservation-affordable-housing-20211108.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 8, 2021
Raw hash: 2b7bc98f264d8ff207cca32053c9a13f426a3cea01eb5ddb97af42b3567dee67

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPreservation of Affordable Housing, Inc.

Victim entityPreservation of Affordable Housing

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseBegan an investigation, which included working with third-party specialists to determine the nature and scope of the activity

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov