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HackingOtherDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 17, 2023

Filed

Dec 21, 2023

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens →

Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens notified consumers of a data breach where an unknown party accessed network portions between August 28 and September 17, 2023. The incident exposed names and government identifiers (SSN). The organization notified law enforcement and provided one year of free identity monitoring services via Kroll.

Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday14 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 · 20 days
discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 95 days

Aug 28, 2023

Begins

Sep 17, 2023

Discovered

Dec 21, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Vermont State AGDec 21 · first · this page
Massachusetts State AG+1d
New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Dec 21 (VT), last Dec 26 (NH) — a 5-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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.