HackingEducationTechnologyEducationCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMinorHighContained

PCS Revenue Control Systems

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Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 19, 2019

Filed

Mar 24, 2021

To disclose

15 months

Affected

3,953state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for PCS Revenue Control Systems →

PCS Revenue Control Systems, Inc. notified individuals of unauthorized access to a server belonging to Advanced Business Technologies (acquired by PCS in 2016). The incident, discovered Dec 19, 2019, potentially exposed student names, school IDs, SSNs, and DOBs. PCS engaged forensic experts, secured its network, and offered one year of Kroll identity monitoring.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due15 months 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 · 15 months / 461 days

Dec 19, 2019

Discovered

Mar 24, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+57 wks slower

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_d34337a919ae5f452021-03-24Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_f54cfe9cb5eb18832021-03-24Verified
California State AGbd_da001f201405ed7b2021-03-22 · +2dVerified
Maine State AGbd_1dc0d807a471a3d72021-03-18 · +6dVerified

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Indiana State AGbd_31c1f0880d3cf3352021-03-18 · +6dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_4a48dc3dd25ae2512021-03-18 · +6dVerified
Washington State AGbd_e9a0ea9bb2a847cf2021-03-17 · +7dCandidate

Name: PCS Revenue Control Systems
norm: pcs revenue control

Name: PCS Revenue Control Systems
norm: pcs revenue control
Industry: EducationllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Dec 19, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3,953state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDMinor
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Acted to secure its network
Engaged third-party forensics experts to investigate
Conducted a thorough review of PCS systems and processes
Acted to further strengthen existing security systems and processes
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring
Changes made: Strengthened existing security systems and processes
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 months(461 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 · 8 filings · 8 states

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Washington State AGMar 17 · first

Maine State AG+1d

Indiana State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

California State AG+5d

Montana State AG+7d

New Hampshire State AG+7d

South Carolina State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 17 (WA), last Mar 24 (SC) — a 7-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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2021/PCS_Revenue.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 24, 2021
Raw hash: c12748b59fddfc83454983642b713c898cf08803eb4b2672e8fcc2268b5d4a54

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPCS Revenue Control Systems

Victim entityPCS Revenue Control Systems

Incidentdiscovered Dec 19, 2019

Stated responseActed to secure its network

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov