HackingTelecom & MediaInformationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Farmers Telephone Cooperative, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 30, 2021

Filed

Jan 31, 2022

To disclose

31 weeks

Affected

7,636state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Farmers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. →

Farmers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. notified South Carolina residents of a data security incident discovered on June 30, 2021. Unauthorized access to systems containing personal information occurred. The company engaged forensic investigators, reported the incident to the FBI, and implemented enhanced safeguards. Affected individuals were offered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due31 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 · 31 weeks / 215 days

Jun 30, 2021

Discovered

Jan 31, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_0a5437c5c7e118a82022-01-29 · +2dVerified
Maine State AGbd_891f74af00738bec2022-01-29 · +2dVerified by operator
Montana State AGbd_5bb8bafcce742fa22022-01-28 · +3dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_f852052ad829225b2022-01-28 · +3dVerified

Name: Farmers Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
norm: farmers telephone cooperative

Name: Farmers Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
norm: farmers telephone cooperative
Industry: Telecom & Mediallm

Discovered: Jun 30, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 28, 2022
Affected individuals: 7,636state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Took steps to secure our network
Engaged an independent digital forensics firm to assist with the investigation
Reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Implemented enhanced safeguards to minimize the chance that an incident like this could occur in the future
Providing complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services
Changes made: Implemented enhanced safeguards to minimize the chance that an incident like this could occur in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 31 weeks(215 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 · 5 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGJan 28 · first

Indiana State AGJan 28 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

South Carolina State AG+3d · 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/FarmersTelephone.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 31, 2022
Raw hash: 4d886fdbe6ec629a6b82fb2b1e9503ebc71c7467782c5c15307faee4d5256149

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFarmers Telephone Cooperative, Inc.

Victim entityFarmers Telephone Cooperative, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 30, 2021

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov