HackingGovernmentGovernmentCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Housing and Redevelopment Authority of Stearns County, Minnesota

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 2, 2023

Filed

Aug 8, 2023

To disclose

6 days

Affected · nationwide

1765 in this filing

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Housing and Redevelopment Authority of Stearns County, Minnesota →

The Housing and Redevelopment Authority of Stearns County, Minnesota, reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring between February 2, 2023, and April 22, 2023. The incident was discovered on August 2, 2023, affecting 176 individuals, including 5 Maine residents. Personal information compromised included names combined with Social Security Numbers. The entity provided written notification and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered Aug 2, 2023 → Filed with AG Aug 8, 20236d ✓ ME AG ≤30d6 days discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 181 days

discovery → filing · 6 days

Feb 2, 2023

Begins

Aug 2, 2023

Discovered

Aug 8, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

10 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed176 affectedView incident

Name: Housing and Redevelopment Authority of Stearns County, Minnesota
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Name: Housing and Redevelopment Authority of Stearns County, Minnesota
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Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Aug 2, 2023
Breach occurred: Feb 2, 2023 – Apr 22, 2023
Undetected for: 181 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 8, 2023
Affected individuals: 176state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 days(6 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 6d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Aug 2, 2023
→ Filed with AG: Aug 8, 2023
6d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Aug 2, 2023 → Filed with AG: Aug 8, 2023	6d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/0d35b9e0-da53-4f10-b028-d1a4ed72c4aa.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 8, 2023
Raw hash: a2d3b6485fe7cddf9f8544af3afd3a6e801c746ba57687ec662816b6802e43da

Reporting entityHousing and Redevelopment Authority of Stearns County, Minnesota

Victim entityHousing and Redevelopment Authority of Stearns County, Minnesota

Incidentdiscovered Aug 2, 2023

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov