MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData EncryptedDelayed DiscoveryPIIIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Safety National Casualty Corporation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 21, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

1,348state residents only

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Safety National Casualty Corporation →

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. notified South Carolina and other jurisdictions of a ransomware incident detected on September 26, 2020. The attack occurred between June 3 and September 26, 2020, resulting in the encryption of internal systems. Gallagher took systems offline, engaged forensic specialists, and reported to law enforcement. The breach impacted individuals' personal information, for which 24 months of credit monitoring via Kroll was provided. Notification was sent on May 24, 2021.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

Incident timeline

Jun 3, 2020

Begins

Jul 21, 2021

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,348 affectedView incident

Name: ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO.
norm: arthur j gallagher

Name: Safety National Casualty Corporation
norm: safety national casualty
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Jun 3, 2020 – Sep 26, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,348state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: reported this incident to law enforcement and regulatory authorities

During the incident: Took all our systems offline as a precautionary measure
Initiated response protocols
Launched an investigation with the assistance of third-party cybersecurity and forensic specialists
Implemented our business continuity plans
Reported this incident to law enforcement and regulatory authorities
Providing you access, at no cost, to identity and credit monitoring services for twenty-four months through Kroll
Changes made: Reviewed existing security policies and implemented additional measures and enhanced security tools
Implemented additional safeguards
Providing additional training to our employees on data privacy and security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

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/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2021/SafetyNationalCasualtyCorp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 21, 2021
Raw hash: f292b57a44ef31d3f39a22efa2332625ecf449a4fc6edde772febc9d9e8ca1d7

Reporting entityARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO.

Victim entitySafety National Casualty Corporation

IncidentRansomware

Stated responseTook all our systems offline as a precautionary measure

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov