MalwareIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowActive

Heavy Hammer, Inc.

bd_720d1e34f4ace793 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 21, 2023

Filed

Jun 2, 2023

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Heavy Hammer, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Heavy Hammer, Inc. disclosed a ransomware attack affecting customers of its HUD-related websites (AllHud, HudExchange, etc.) on or about April 21, 2023. The breach was preceded by a phishing attack on employees. Exposed data included names, contact info, and payment details (credit card/bank accounts). The company retained cybersecurity experts, isolated the systems, and offered 12 months of Experian IdentityWorks. Notification was sent June 1, 2023.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday6 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 42 days

Apr 21, 2023

Begins

Apr 21, 2023

Discovered

Jun 2, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_2eff04030016c7e22023-06-02Verified
Indiana State AGbd_3863736bac302e1b2023-06-02Verified
Montana State AGbd_5b0383fe9134555a2023-06-02Verified
California State AGbd_5b7ce0bb4fc71b552023-06-06 · +4dVerified

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Oregon State AGbd_f0a7a07d987e77a12023-06-06 · +4dVerified
Maine State AGbd_cb3cfd0b71b8e8b12023-06-09 · +7dVerified
Washington State AGbd_32d7a0ae4bfbd4472023-05-23 · +10dCandidate

Name: Heavy Hammer, Inc.
norm: heavy hammer

Name: Heavy Hammer, Inc.
norm: heavy hammer

Discovered: Apr 21, 2023
Breach occurred: Apr 21, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 1, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notified proper authorities
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Retained a team of cybersecurity experts to aid in the incident response
Notified proper authorities
Isolated the attack
Offering complimentary access to Experian IdentityWorks for 12 months
Changes made: Fortify cyber-security efforts
On-going forensic analysis
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(42 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >14 bday
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗

Washington State AGMay 23 · first

Massachusetts State AG+10d

Indiana State AG+10d

Montana State AG+10d

Vermont State AG+10d · this page

California State AG+14d

Oregon State AG+14d

Maine State AG+17d

Pattern: first filing May 23 (WA), last Jun 9 (ME) — a 17-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/2023-06-02-heavy-hammer-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 2, 2023
Raw hash: 67c41c48c6773c42e7e5b00f96787a1546683a748e05925ee4fa35aa711686b1

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHeavy Hammer, Inc.

Victim entityHeavy Hammer, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 21, 2023

Stated responseRetained a team of cybersecurity experts to aid in the incident response

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov