HackingProfessional ServicesHacking OtherCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsHighContained

Houser, LLP

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 18, 2024

Filed

Mar 26, 2024

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected · nationwide

364,3121,717 in this filing

Linked

23 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Houser, LLP →

An external system breach (hacking) occurred.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jan 18, 2024 → Filed with AG Mar 26, 202468d ⏱ ME AG >30d10 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 · 10 weeks / 68 days

May 7, 2023

Begins

Jan 18, 2024

Discovered

Mar 26, 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

New Hampshire State AGbd_13a325d86f76f6f72024-03-26Verified
Delaware State AGbd_18b5dd7e86b213522024-03-26Verified
California State AGbd_8a4cf4dd8b36d1b42024-03-26Verified
Vermont State AGbd_af0b2641e3351df62024-03-27 · +1dVerified

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California State AGbd_3f910d0506adf4a32024-04-12 · +17dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_521a4b0865ecc11a2024-04-12 · +17dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_5c7bcad0b397e0a12024-04-12 · +17dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_631c1acc1b5f6e812024-04-12 · +17dVerified
Maine State AGbd_b60a96892267f8cc2024-04-12 · +17dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_15d84c1e20608c802024-02-29 · +26dVerified

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: 364,312state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

Changes made: Houser 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: 10 weeks(68 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 68dME 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: Mar 26, 2024
68d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jan 18, 2024 → Filed with AG: Mar 26, 2024	68d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗

South Carolina State AGFeb 29 · first

New Hampshire State AG+26d

Delaware State AG+26d

California State AG+26d

Maine State AG+26d · this page

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

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-a1252b4f8318/7d76d111-6a26-4d42-931b-0b2f452ccb37.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 26, 2024
Raw hash: 948c47e792e484adc6ee04b4bafbfb70278eac2e648e1c8c63833584031e511e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHouser

Victim entityHouser, LLP

Incidentdiscovered Jan 18, 2024

Stated responseHouser providing access to credit monitoring services for 12 months, through IDX, A ZeroFox Company.

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov