DisclosureLens
AccidentalGovernmentGovernmentMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance

bd_42402b81de85a6b0 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 8, 2026

Filed

Apr 23, 2026

To disclose

15 days

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance →4 incidents on file

The Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance notified individuals on April 9, 2026, that their personal information was unauthorizedly disclosed. The incident was reported to the department on April 8, 2026. The disclosure was not the result of criminal activity. The department advised affected individuals to place security freezes on their credit reports. No specific data types were enumerated in the letter, but the advice implies exposure of identity information.

Massachusetts clock✓ MA AG ≤30d15 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 15 days

Apr 8, 2026

Discovered

Apr 23, 2026

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

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.