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Child & Family

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Filed

Jul 19, 2017

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Child & Family5 incidents on file

Hathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services notified employees of a potential data security incident involving fraudulent tax filings. The incident may have exposed names, addresses, Social Security Numbers, and 2016 W-2 wage information. The organization contacted cyber security advisers and insurers but had not discovered a compromise of computer systems or networks at the time of notification. Equifax ID Patrol identity theft protection was offered to affected employees.

Incident timeline

Feb 3, 2017

Begins

Jul 19, 2017

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

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.