UnknownProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentHighContained

Lachman Consultant Services, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Aug 10, 2021

Filed

Sep 22, 2021

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,81015 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Lachman Consultant Services, Inc. →

Lachman Consultant Services, Inc. notified the South Carolina Attorney General of unauthorized activity on its network occurring on August 10, 2021. The incident affected approximately 1,810 employees and contractors worldwide, exposing names, Social Security numbers, contact information, and payroll/HR data. The company engaged incident response firms, contained the incident, and offered 24 months of identity theft protection.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 43 days

Aug 10, 2021

Begins

Aug 10, 2021

Discovered

Sep 22, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

13 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_642383fd3af7abbb2021-09-22Verified
Indiana State AGbd_527b195f878c802b2021-09-21 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_822d3b20b82e1af22021-09-21 · +1dCandidate
Maine State AGbd_f3f02e31056eba532021-09-24 · +2dVerified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_acf43730b7b0857a2021-09-28 · +6dVerified

Name: Lachman Consultant Services, Inc.
norm: lachman consultant

Name: Lachman Consultant Services, Inc.
norm: lachman consultant
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 10, 2021
Breach occurred: Aug 10, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 21, 2021
Affected individuals: 1,810state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Attack vector: Unknown

During the incident: Launching an internal investigation
Retaining external experts
Notified appropriate authorities
Engaged two incident response firms to contain, respond, and mitigate the impacts of the incident
Continue to monitor for any activity resulting from the incident
Changes made: Cloud migration will be accelerated
Enterprise grade security controls will be enabled to protect our data
Continue to review our current processes for opportunities to further enhance our security
Arranged for twenty-four (24) months of free identity theft protection services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(43 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Indiana State AGSep 21 · first

Montana State AGSep 21 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d

South Carolina State AG+1d · this page

Maine State AG+3d

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Sep 21 (IN), last Sep 28 (MA) — 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/LachmanConsultants.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 22, 2021
Raw hash: 43033b8a55ce74cf2b827af717cb7bb17774902312e99f94de8be599861c4eda

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLachman Consultant Services, Inc.

Victim entityLachman Consultant Services, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 10, 2021

Stated responseLaunching an internal investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov