HackingHealthcareTechnologyHealthcareVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)MediumContained

NASCO

bd_1a92f137101f29bd · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 12, 2023

Filed

Oct 30, 2023

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

13,513state residents only

Linked

17 records

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for NASCO →3 incidents on file

NASCO, a benefits administration provider, disclosed a cybersecurity incident involving its MOVEit Transfer instance. A threat actor acquired data from NASCO on May 30, 2023. NASCO discovered the incident on July 12, 2023. Personal information of health plan members was involved. NASCO engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, decommissioned the affected server, and ceased using MOVEit. The company offered 24 months of Experian IdentityWorks to affected individuals.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due16 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

undetected · 43 days

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 110 days

May 30, 2023

Begins

Jul 12, 2023

Discovered

Oct 30, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

This filing is one of 17 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Progress Software Corporation supply-chain incident (2023) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_27541ee9c5b7e6e72023-10-28 · +2dVerified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_a10a2ec406bd2fd72023-10-27 · +3dVerified by operator
Oregon State AGbd_aa31f139773717df2023-10-27 · +3dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_da6299b7281a604f2023-10-27 · +3dVerified by operator

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 72d gap

Washington State AGbd_f61696cdfa81c4df2023-10-27 · +3dVerified by operator
Montana State AGbd_ffb048d919d7530a2023-10-27 · +3dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_70967d52d87f8c3a2023-11-03 · +4dVerified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_d55aa1ea3b2002af2024-01-08 · +70dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_3b3b709830689a452024-01-10 · +72dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_5dcd476cd7204fbf2024-01-10 · +72dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 16 linked disclosures.

Name: NASCO
norm: nasco
Domain: nasco.com

Name: NASCO
norm: nasco
Domain: nasco.com
Industry: HealthcarellmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Jul 12, 2023
Breach occurred: May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 43 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 13,513state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notified law enforcement authorities
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Took steps to secure its systems
Launched an investigation with the support of a leading cybersecurity firm
Notified law enforcement authorities
Decommissioned the MOVEit server affected by the attack
Stopped using MOVEit
Implemented and are continuing to implement additional procedures to further strengthen the security of our IT system environments
Changes made: Decommissioned the MOVEit server affected by the attack
Stopped using MOVEit
Implemented and are continuing to implement additional procedures to further strengthen the security of our IT system environments
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(110 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 · 11 filings · 8 states

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Vermont State AGOct 27 · first

Oregon State AGOct 27 · first

California State AGOct 27 · first

Washington State AGOct 27 · first

Montana State AGOct 27 · first

Maine State AG+1d

South Carolina State AG+3d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Vermont State AG+73d

Maine State AG+75d

California State AG+75d

Pattern: first filing Oct 27 (VT), last Jan 10 (CA) — a 75-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 16 — the full spread may be wider.

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/NASCO.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 30, 2023
Raw hash: 636d8ed53bd94451a0fc3ce05648507cf7c1601c3c4ef6d20f40b0ed097f73c7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNASCO

Victim entityNASCO

Incidentdiscovered Jul 12, 2023

Stated responseTook steps to secure its systems

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov