DisclosureLens
HackingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLow

Houston Museum of Natural Science

bd_a5472aeb2eb38a61 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 9, 2020

Filed

Nov 20, 2020

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected · nationwide

8601 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Houston Museum of Natural Science →

The Houston Museum of Natural Science was impacted by a data breach resulting from an external system hack. The incident occurred between February 2, 2020, and September 15, 2020, and was discovered on October 9, 2020. The compromised data includes names along with financial account numbers or credit/debit card numbers, including security codes. The breach affected one Maine resident, who was notified on November 20, 2020. The museum offered one year of identity protection and credit monitoring services through Kroll to those affected.

Maine clockDiscovered Oct 9, 2020 → Filed with AG Nov 20, 202042d ⏱ ME AG >30d6 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

undetected · 250 days
discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 42 days

Feb 2, 2020

Begins

Oct 9, 2020

Discovered

Nov 20, 2020

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

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGNov 20 · first
Indiana State AGNov 20 · first
Maine State AGNov 20 · 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.