HackingGovernmentGovernmentStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Massena Housing Authority

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 9, 2025

Filed

Oct 16, 2025

To disclose

40 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Massena Housing Authority →

Massena Housing Authority notified consumers of a data security incident detected on January 9, 2025, involving unauthorized access to two email accounts. The breach may have exposed names. MHA engaged forensic investigators, secured accounts, changed credentials, and is offering credit monitoring services.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday40 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

discovery → filing · 40 weeks / 280 days

Jan 9, 2025

Discovered

Oct 16, 2025

Filed

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

Name: Massena Housing Authority
norm: massena housing authority

Name: Massena Housing Authority
norm: massena housing authority
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Jan 9, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 16, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the account
Engaged a specialized third-party cybersecurity firm to conduct a comprehensive investigation
Performed a comprehensive review of the affected account, including data mining
Finalized the list of individuals to notify
Offering 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through Kroll
Changes made: Implementing new technical safeguards
Changing all user credentials
Revising internal policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 40 weeks(280 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.

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/2025-10-16-massena-housing-authority-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 16, 2025
Raw hash: 37b1345188ff803ed63147abc5e33572de4a365599214729ac257ed981092556

Reporting entityMassena Housing Authority

Victim entityMassena Housing Authority

Incidentdiscovered Jan 9, 2025

Stated responseSecured the account

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov