HackingCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Texas Hearing Institute

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 20, 2026

Filed

Jun 29, 2026

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Texas Hearing Institute →

The Center for Hearing and Speech dba Texas Hearing Institute notified Massachusetts residents of a data security incident discovered on March 20, 2026. An unauthorized actor accessed personal information, specifically names. The company engaged a third-party cybersecurity firm for forensic investigation and is providing 24 months of credit monitoring services to affected individuals.

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Massachusetts clock✗ MA AG >90d14 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 101 days

Mar 20, 2026

Discovered

Jun 29, 2026

Filed

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Texas State AGbd_edafaff1a85c26792026-06-30 · +1dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_5e39151ef8d2b9502026-06-24 · +5dVerified

Name: Texas Hearing Institute
norm: texas hearing institute
Domain: texashearing.org

Name: Texas Hearing Institute
norm: texas hearing institute
Domain: texashearing.org
Also named: The Center for Hearing and Speechdba oflegal entity
Texas Hearing Institutedba oftrade name

Discovered: Mar 20, 2026
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 26, 2026
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged a specialized third-party cybersecurity firm
Collaborated with internal IT personnel to secure the environment
Conducted a comprehensive forensic investigation
Provided 24 months of Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Changes made: Implemented additional technical safeguards
Enhanced security measures
Updated procedures to mitigate against the risk of future issues
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(101 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: MA AG >90d
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.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGJun 24 · first

Massachusetts State AG+5d · this page

Texas State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Jun 24 (NH), last Jun 30 (TX) — a 6-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://www.mass.gov/doc/2026-1056-center-for-hearing-and-speech-dba-texas-hearing-institute/download
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 29, 2026
Raw hash: ccc409117c4d5e75fb78fc3b00ee2bd5b22db54f829efe8140971e9fc0a7897e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTexas Hearing Institute

Victim entityTexas Hearing Institute

Incidentdiscovered Mar 20, 2026

Stated responseEngaged a specialized third-party cybersecurity firm

ComplianceMA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.mass.gov