HackingProfessional ServicesCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsHighContained

Houser, LLP

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 18, 2024

Filed

Apr 12, 2024

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected · nationwide

370,0011,742 in this filing

Linked

23 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Houser, LLP →

Houser LLP, a law firm, experienced an external system breach on May 7, 2023, discovered on January 18, 2024. The incident compromised names and financial account or card numbers with associated security codes or passwords. The breach affected 1,742 Maine residents. Houser LLP began notifying individuals on February 28, 2024, and offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring services through IDX.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jan 18, 2024 → Filed with AG Apr 12, 202485d ⏱ ME AG >30d12 weeks 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 · 256 days

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 85 days

May 7, 2023

Begins

Jan 18, 2024

Discovered

Apr 12, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 23 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_3f910d0506adf4a32024-04-12Verified
Vermont State AGbd_521a4b0865ecc11a2024-04-12Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_5c7bcad0b397e0a12024-04-12Verified
Delaware State AGbd_631c1acc1b5f6e812024-04-12Verified

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Vermont State AGbd_af0b2641e3351df62024-03-27 · +16dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_13a325d86f76f6f72024-03-26 · +17dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_18b5dd7e86b213522024-03-26 · +17dVerified
California State AGbd_8a4cf4dd8b36d1b42024-03-26 · +17dVerified
Maine State AGbd_c1c7841f0ee89fe52024-03-26 · +17dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_15d84c1e20608c802024-02-29 · +43dVerified

Showing first 10 of 22 linked disclosures.

Name: Houser
norm: houser
Domain: houser.com

Name: Houser, LLP
norm: houser
Domain: houser-law.com

Discovered: Jan 18, 2024
Breach occurred: May 7, 2023
Undetected for: 256 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 28, 2024
Affected individuals: 370,001state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Notified consumer reporting agencies
Providing access to credit monitoring services for 12 months, through IDX, A ZeroFox Company
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(85 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 85dME CRA notice due
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: Jan 18, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Apr 12, 2024
85d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jan 18, 2024 → Filed with AG: Apr 12, 2024	85d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 6 states

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South Carolina State AGFeb 29 · first

New Hampshire State AG+26d

Delaware State AG+26d

California State AG+26d

Maine State AG+26d

Vermont State AG+27d

California State AG+43d

Vermont State AG+43d

New Hampshire State AG+43d

Delaware State AG+43d

Maine State AG+43d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 29 (SC), last Apr 12 (ME) — a 43-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 22 — the full spread may be wider.

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/d9317b04-babe-4a70-b1aa-f013f50c28f2.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 12, 2024
Raw hash: 97937a1fa2be038ebd00b2317ce2f97e5bc07335e2391494e227facf6b458eb7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHouser

Victim entityHouser, LLP

Incidentdiscovered Jan 18, 2024

Stated responseNotified consumer reporting agencies

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov