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Seattle Housing Authority data breach

USUnited States

Seattle Housing Authority (United States) notified the Washington Attorney General of a data breach on 10 November 2023. It told that state about 32,007 Washington residents; the total can be higher.

Status
Confirmed breach
People affected
32,007 Washington residents (one state’s count; the total can be higher)
Reported
10 November 2023

What was exposed

The register’s list does not say what was exposed; the notice it links to (under Sources) usually does.

Before the notice: the ransomware gang NoEscape named Seattle Housing Authority on its leak site on 12 October 2023, 29 days before this was reported. Matched by the organisation’s name: the notice itself does not say who the attacker was.

Sources

Official notices are read by code from the regulator’s own register. More notices to Washington. · Corrections and changes

If Seattle Housing Authority had your data

  1. Look for Seattle Housing Authority’s own notice or letter: it should say what of yours was involved. Keep it.
  2. The register’s list does not say what was exposed; the notice it links to (under Sources) usually does. If Seattle Housing Authority has a password of yours, change it now to be safe.
  3. Expect scams that use your details: calls, texts or emails pretending to be Seattle Housing Authority, your bank or the police. Never give codes or passwords, never approve a sign-in you did not start, never move money.

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Earlier breaches at Seattle Housing Authority

From the official registers’ and Have I Been Pwned’s full histories. A name match: check the notice to be sure it is the same company.

  1. Washington Attorney General · 720 Washington residents
  2. Washington Attorney General · 1,500 Washington residents

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