PhysicalEducationEducationTheftCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)MediumResolved

University of South Carolina

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 29, 2023

Filed

Feb 20, 2024

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

2,413state residents only

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for University of South Carolina →

University of South Carolina Salkehatchie notified individuals that a decommissioned computer containing DOB, address, and phone number was sold via state surplus. The purchaser reported the data and returned the device to law enforcement. The University notified the SC Dept of Consumer Affairs and credit bureaus, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due8 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 · 8 weeks / 53 days

Dec 29, 2023

Discovered

Feb 20, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,413 affectedView incident

Name: University of South Carolina
norm: university of south carolina
Domain: sc.edu

Name: University of South Carolina
norm: university of south carolina
Domain: sc.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Dec 29, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,413state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs

During the incident: Notified the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs
Notified the three credit reporting agencies (Experian, TransUnion, and Equifax)
Offering 12 months of complimentary Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B membership
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing its processes for decommissioning computer devices
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(53 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.

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/Security%20Breach%20Notices/2024/UniversityofSouthCarolinaSalkehatchie.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 20, 2024
Raw hash: 869359674375c6d030fb3c2b90af2a722f7d480276b42d5f0a9b2ce6da401a72

Reporting entityUniversity of South Carolina

Victim entityUniversity of South Carolina

Incidentdiscovered Dec 29, 2023

Stated responseNotified the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov