MalwareRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIDENTITY_BASICLowContained
Houser
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Full breach record for Houser →Houser LLP, a law firm, disclosed a ransomware incident in April 2024. Unauthorized access occurred May 7-9, 2023, resulting in file encryption and data exfiltration. The actor claimed to have deleted stolen data. Affected data included names and variable data (likely PII). Houser engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, and implemented enhanced security controls including MFA and EDR. Credit monitoring was offered to affected individuals.
Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday48 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.
This filing is one of 19 about the same incident.View merged incident
Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap
- bd_3f910d0506adf4a3California State AGfiled 2024-04-12Verified
- bd_5c7bcad0b397e0a1New Hampshire State AGfiled 2024-04-12Verified
- bd_631c1acc1b5f6e81Delaware State AGfiled 2024-04-12Verified
- bd_b60a96892267f8ccMaine State AGfiled 2024-04-12Verified
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- bd_af0b2641e3351df6Vermont State AGfiled 2024-03-27(16d gap)Verified
- bd_13a325d86f76f6f7New Hampshire State AGfiled 2024-03-26(17d gap)Verified
- bd_18b5dd7e86b21352Delaware State AGfiled 2024-03-26(17d gap)Verified
- bd_8a4cf4dd8b36d1b4California State AGfiled 2024-03-26(17d gap)Verified
- bd_c1c7841f0ee89fe5Maine State AGfiled 2024-03-26(17d gap)Verified
- bd_07473cc11b32f8e7Maine State AGfiled 2024-02-28(44d gap)Candidate
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Source provenance
- Source URL
- https://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-04-12-houser-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
- Filed at
- Apr 12, 2024
- Raw hash
- b3be46d6f3de4303e36f805fc8579e81ad779d76e0f45e28f3b21ccb779a8357
Reporting entity
- Name
- Housernorm: houser
- Domain
- houser.com
Victim entity
- Name
- Housernorm: houser
- Domain
- houser.com
Incident
- Discovered
- May 9, 2023
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- Apr 12, 2024
- Affected individuals
- Not disclosed
- Data types
- IDENTITY_BASIC
- Attack vector
- Ransomware
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
- Threat actor
- ExternalFinancial
- Regulator citations
- Reported this incident to law enforcement
Compliance
- Time to disclose
- 48 weeks(339 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.
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.