HackingGovernmentGovernmentDelayed DiscoveryData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

St. Lucie County Tax Collector's Office

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Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 23, 2024

Filed

Apr 10, 2024

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected · nationwide

25,20222 in this filing

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for St. Lucie County Tax Collector's Office →3 incidents on file

The St. Lucie County Tax Collector's Office reported a data breach affecting 25,202 individuals, which was discovered on February 23, 2024, after occurring on October 16, 2023. The breach, described as an external system hack, compromised names and Social Security numbers. The office notified affected individuals on April 10, 2024, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through TransUnion.

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Maine clockDiscovered Feb 23, 2024 → Filed with AG Apr 10, 202447d ⏱ ME AG >30d7 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 130 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 47 days

Oct 16, 2023

Begins

Feb 23, 2024

Discovered

Apr 10, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 10 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by alphv about this victim predates this filing by 149 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitealphvbd_4e5ff0a8dbf9c19a2023-11-13 · +149dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_70eeb649da68ed312024-04-10Verified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_eac607cf8f8cbff12024-04-10Verified by operator
Montana State AGbd_3287d0543d75ae4d2023-12-28 · +104dVerified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_4b9a5dc6bbd1b5e02023-12-28 · +104dVerified by operator

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 104d gap

Indiana State AGbd_696eeff6d4ebe4be2023-12-28 · +104dVerified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_b07011eb179ec5c32023-12-28 · +104dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_b9f4ab32f0094c952023-12-28 · +104dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_c255febf4c5222bc2023-12-28 · +104dVerified by operator

Name: St. Lucie County Tax Collector's Office
norm: st lucie county tax collector s office
Domain: tcslc.com

Name: St. Lucie County Tax Collector's Office
norm: st lucie county tax collector s office
Domain: tcslc.com
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Feb 23, 2024
Breach occurred: Oct 16, 2023
Undetected for: 130 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 10, 2024
Affected individuals: 25,202state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Provided written notification to affected individuals
Changes made: Offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through TransUnion
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(47 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 47dLeak >90d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Feb 23, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Apr 10, 2024
47d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Feb 23, 2024 → Filed with AG: Apr 10, 2024	47d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗

Montana State AGDec 28 · first

Massachusetts State AGDec 28 · first

Indiana State AGDec 28 · first

Vermont State AGDec 28 · first

New Hampshire State AGDec 28 · first

Maine State AGDec 28 · first

New Hampshire State AG+104d

Vermont State AG+104d

Maine State AG+104d · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 28 (MT), last Apr 10 (ME) — a 104-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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/cfe13dd5-1f3b-490e-b11f-f476a48e5011.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 10, 2024
Raw hash: 8650a9ad745381fc165b443b0903c088acb6df6fd700971bff25bf0d8898c501

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySt. Lucie County Tax Collector's Office

Victim entitySt. Lucie County Tax Collector's Office

Incidentdiscovered Feb 23, 2024

Stated responseProvided written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov