HackingGovernmentGovernmentCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Housing Authority of the City of West Haven

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Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 25, 2024

Filed

Feb 12, 2025

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected · nationwide

4,9321 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Housing Authority of the City of West Haven →

City of West Haven (CT) reported an external system breach on Dec 25, 2024, affecting 4,932 individuals, including 1 Maine resident. Unauthorized access exposed names and SSNs. The City took systems offline, notified law enforcement, and engaged cybersecurity professionals. Affected individuals were notified on Jan 29, 2025, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Maine clockDiscovered Dec 25, 2024 → Filed with AG Feb 12, 202549d ⏱ ME AG >30d7 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 · 7 weeks / 49 days

Dec 25, 2024

Begins

Dec 25, 2024

Discovered

Feb 12, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_279275317dbac70b2025-02-12Verified
Vermont State AGbd_4d6001af6358b58e2025-02-12Verified

Name: Housing Authority of the City of West Haven
norm: housing authority of the city of west haven

Name: Housing Authority of the City of West Haven
norm: housing authority of the city of west haven
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Dec 25, 2024
Breach occurred: Dec 25, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 29, 2025
Affected individuals: 4,932state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Took systems offline
Changed passwords
Notified federal law enforcement
Engaged cybersecurity and privacy professionals
Changes made: Enhanced endpoint detection and monitoring capabilities
Regularly monitoring for potential security threats
Managing access to systems
Applying appropriate patches
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(49 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 49d
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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Dec 25, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Feb 12, 2025
49d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Dec 25, 2024 → Filed with AG: Feb 12, 2025	49d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗

Massachusetts State AGFeb 12 · first

Vermont State AGFeb 12 · first

Maine State AGFeb 12 · first · this page

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.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/175d1ca5-c5a8-4374-9706-9dcae2948162.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 12, 2025
Raw hash: 7da782c4de3309bc357543280749bc88f1d899ffae8642144a894109833d2840

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHousing Authority of the City of West Haven

Victim entityHousing Authority of the City of West Haven

Incidentdiscovered Dec 25, 2024

Stated responseTook systems offline

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov