MalwareGovernmentGovernmentRansomwareData EncryptedData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHIHealth (basic)MediumContained

Houston Housing Authority

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 22, 2024

Filed

Apr 23, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

19state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Houston Housing Authority →2 incidents on file

Houston Housing Authority (HHA) notified the Maryland Attorney General on March 27, 2025, regarding a cyber-attack discovered on September 22, 2024. An unknown third party accessed HHA systems, encrypted files, and exfiltrated personal information including SSNs, driver's licenses, financial account numbers, and health data. 19 Maryland residents were notified. HHA engaged law enforcement, enhanced technical security, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d

Incident timeline

Sep 22, 2024

Discovered

Apr 23, 2026

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed19 affectedView incident

Name: Polsinelli (on behalf of Houston Housing Authority)
norm: polsinelli on behalf of houston housing authority

Name: Houston Housing Authority
norm: houston housing authority
Domain: housingforhouston.com
Industry: government_public
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Sep 22, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 27, 2025
Affected individuals: 19state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Maryland Office of the Attorney General

During the incident: Initiated an investigation and worked to restore its systems
Notified law enforcement and cooperated with its investigation
Notifying the individuals whose information was contained in the involved files
Offering them complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services
Changes made: Enhancing its technical security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: Leak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://oag.maryland.gov/resources-info/SBN%20Documents/2025/ITU-376761.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 23, 2026
Raw hash: e08b6f98ba50b9b59a91b1b518a5942f9dd8c1c1d1071493107a25bdb4aec293

Reporting entityPolsinelli (on behalf of Houston Housing Authority)

Victim entityHouston Housing Authority

Incidentdiscovered Sep 22, 2024

Stated responseInitiated an investigation and worked to restore its systems

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.maryland.gov