MalwareGovernmentGovernmentRansomwareData EncryptedData ExfiltratedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumActive

Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority

bd_f05a856a0ae8daea · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 10, 2021

Filed

May 3, 2021

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority →

Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a ransomware incident discovered on February 10, 2021. Files were encrypted and inaccessible. CMHA confirmed unauthorized access on February 26, 2021. One New Hampshire resident was identified as affected. Data potentially exposed included names, addresses, SSNs, driver's license numbers, and financial information. CMHA provided substitute notice to the resident and is implementing additional safeguards.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d12 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

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 82 days

Feb 10, 2021

Discovered

May 3, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by doppelpaymer about this victim predates this filing by 84 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitedoppelpaymerbd_9453ddf5554e4d6b2021-02-08 · +84dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_9c0a02f2a8ebd0eb2021-04-13 · +20dCandidate
Maine State AGbd_914bb72079e39bd02021-04-12 · +21dVerified
Montana State AGbd_9ebe0d253d4843532021-04-12 · +21dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_ed31bd159e9530f12021-04-09 · +24dVerified by operator

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority
norm: cuyahoga metropolitan housing authority
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Feb 10, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 12, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General Consumer Protection Bureau

During the incident: Began an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the activity
Worked to identify those individuals whose information may have been accessible to the unauthorized actor
Provided electronic substitute notice of this incident to identified individuals
Provided substitute notice on its website and to PR Newswire
Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Working to review our existing policies and procedures and implement additional safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(82 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGApr 9 · first

Maine State AG+3d

Montana State AG+3d

Massachusetts State AG+4d

New Hampshire State AG+24d · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 9 (IN), last May 3 (NH) — a 24-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/cuyahoga-metropolitan-housing-authority-20210503.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 3, 2021
Raw hash: b6663007d750b132f193e908d334684444981ca42d5e3693e6a02efada3729d5

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityCuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority

Incidentdiscovered Feb 10, 2021

Stated responseBegan an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the activity

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov