HackingFinancial ServicesTechnologyFinanceVulnerability ExploitTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

focusIT, Inc

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Severity

High

Discovered

Aug 2, 2022

Filed

Oct 3, 2022

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

2,408state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for focusIT, Inc →

focusIT, Inc. notified South Carolina and other states of a data breach affecting applicants' PII (name, DOB, address, SSN). The incident was discovered on August 2, 2022, after a third-party system was compromised by unknown threat actors. focusIT engaged the FBI and offered credit monitoring.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due9 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 · 9 weeks / 62 days

Aug 2, 2022

Discovered

Oct 3, 2022

Filed

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This filing is one of 10 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_1c71a9b8a3fa10512022-09-30 · +3dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_45a661a492b146b52022-09-30 · +3dVerified
California State AGbd_54d36976270d5b762022-09-30 · +3dVerified
Maine State AGbd_ebe2aa484d17951c2022-09-30 · +3dVerified

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Indiana State AGbd_0634fa54edfda7e32022-09-29 · +4dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_28bf2140c7ab07672022-09-29 · +4dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_55a4b243f663675a2022-09-29 · +4dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_9e053a4f72bbc71f2022-09-29 · +4dVerified
Montana State AGbd_ffe5901a07fbecd32022-09-29 · +4dVerified

Name: focusIT, Inc
norm: focusit
Domain: focusitinc.com

Name: focusIT, Inc
norm: focusit
Domain: focusitinc.com
Industry: Financial ServicesllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Aug 2, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 28, 2022
Affected individuals: 2,408state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: working with the appropriate law enforcement and regulatory officials including the FBI
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Working with the appropriate law enforcement and regulatory officials including the FBI
Providing notice
Offering free credit monitoring services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(62 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
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 · 10 filings · 10 states

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Indiana State AGSep 29 · first

Massachusetts State AGSep 29 · first

New Hampshire State AGSep 29 · first

Delaware State AGSep 29 · first

Montana State AGSep 29 · first

Washington State AG+1d

Oregon State AG+1d

California State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

South Carolina State AG+4d · this page

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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2022/focusITInc.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 3, 2022
Raw hash: 270c78426eed606da8070c1939faa2b803497b25bb20825e89f2f5d4e50641d6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityfocusIT, Inc

Victim entityfocusIT, Inc

Incidentdiscovered Aug 2, 2022

Stated responseWorking with the appropriate law enforcement and regulatory officials including the FBI

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov