MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedData PublishedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHIHealth (basic)HighContained

Woods & Woods, LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 1, 2020

Filed

Mar 11, 2020

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

1,377state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Woods & Woods, LLC →

Woods & Woods, LLC, a law firm, notified individuals of a ransomware attack discovered on February 1, 2020. Attackers claimed to have stolen data including names, SSNs, DOBs, medical info, and bank/routing numbers. The firm engaged the FBI and forensic investigators. Notification was sent March 11, 2020, to potentially affected individuals across multiple states.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due6 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 39 days

Feb 1, 2020

Discovered

Mar 11, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

This filing is one of 7 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_2b370c7bf00416b22020-03-11Verified
California State AGbd_3277d91e56be0ec32020-03-11Verified
Delaware State AGbd_698c15ef43a2d8962020-03-11Verified
Oregon State AGbd_812eb9ab0c1044832020-03-11Verified

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Indiana State AGbd_f7f6bb647459a6b92020-03-11Verified
Montana State AGbd_092c849f00c8e1b42020-03-10 · +1dCandidate

Name: Woods & Woods, LLC
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Name: Woods & Woods, LLC
norm: woods woods
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 1, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 11, 2020
Affected individuals: 1,377state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHIHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBI
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Promptly took steps to secure our information systems and investigate the incident
Contacting the FBI
Hiring a forensic cybersecurity firm
Changes made: Continue to work with the cybersecurity firm to pursue measures to protect and secure our data
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(39 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Montana State AGMar 10 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

California State AG+1d

Delaware State AG+1d

Oregon State AG+1d

Indiana State AG+1d

South Carolina State AG+1d · 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/2020/WoodsandWoods.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 11, 2020
Raw hash: 45cc7b09164ea3684a74c506ec236f5ceae62f84063c20f7208b1e4700308ee0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWoods & Woods, LLC

Victim entityWoods & Woods, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Feb 1, 2020

Stated responsePromptly took steps to secure our information systems and investigate the incident

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov