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HackingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Preservation of Affordable Housing

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 18, 2021

Filed

Nov 5, 2021

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected · nationwide

3121 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Preservation of Affordable Housing →2 incidents on file

Preservation of Affordable Housing, Inc. ("POAH") reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General, stating that an external system breach (hacking) occurred between March 29, 2021, and April 9, 2021. The breach was discovered on August 18, 2021. The compromised information includes names and Social Security numbers. One Maine resident was affected out of a total of 312 individuals. POAH began notifying affected consumers in writing on November 5, 2021, and offered credit monitoring and identity protection services through Equifax.

Maine clockDiscovered Aug 18, 2021 → Filed with AG Nov 5, 202179d ⏱ ME AG >30d11 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 · 142 days
discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 79 days

Mar 29, 2021

Begins

Aug 18, 2021

Discovered

Nov 5, 2021

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 5 · first
Maine State AGNov 5 · first · this page
New Hampshire State AG+3d

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.