HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Center for Urban Community Services

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 9, 2023

Filed

Jan 24, 2024

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Center for Urban Community Services →4 incidents on file

Center for Urban Community Services notified consumers of a data breach occurring Sept 4-10, 2023. An unknown actor accessed systems and acquired PII including names, SSNs, driver's licenses, passports, and bank account info. CUCS secured systems, engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring. Notification sent Jan 24, 2024.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday20 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 · 20 weeks / 137 days

Sep 4, 2023

Begins

Sep 9, 2023

Discovered

Jan 24, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_6c08f74bf65f2a142024-01-24Verified
Indiana State AGbd_8bfefe4cb3349fae2024-01-24Verified
Illinois State AGbd_35ff6376b45edc562024-01-01 · +23dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_59aa6de1161b915a2024-07-03 · +161dVerified

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Vermont State AGbd_75565e6c6702a4d22024-07-03 · +161dVerified

Name: Center for Urban Community Services
norm: center for urban community

Name: Center for Urban Community Services
norm: center for urban community
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 9, 2023
Breach occurred: Sep 4, 2023 – Sep 10, 2023
Undetected for: 5 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 24, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcementReporting this incident to relevant state and federal regulators
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured its systems
Launched an investigation with third party forensic specialists
Notified federal law enforcement
Reporting this incident to relevant state and federal regulators
Offering complimentary access to 24 months of credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(137 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 · 6 filings · 5 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Maine State AG+23d

Indiana State AG+23d

Vermont State AG+23d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+184d

Vermont State AG+184d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jul 3 (VT) — a 184-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.

Source URL: https://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-01-24-center-urban-community-services-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 24, 2024
Raw hash: b1d1db7443215391b9f53ef8a35416894c5b863af73934552c94d232ae542e07

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCenter for Urban Community Services

Victim entityCenter for Urban Community Services

Incidentdiscovered Sep 9, 2023

Stated responseSecured its systems

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov