HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

King Ocean Services

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 13, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

20state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for King Ocean Services →

King Ocean Services, Ltd. notified consumers that its third-party IT service provider experienced a data security incident on August 12, 2025, allowing an unauthorized third party to remotely access and acquire data from King Ocean servers. The incident involved names and potentially other personal information. The provider engaged cybersecurity experts, terminated access, and cooperated with the FBI and Secret Service. No specific count of affected individuals was disclosed in the letter.

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Incident timeline

Aug 12, 2025

Begins

Jul 13, 2026

Filed

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_76e40af66aed89332026-07-13Verified
Vermont State AGbd_1afc0b48bb9fadc32026-07-11 · +2dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_e131f435c1d7aa6d2026-07-11 · +2dVerified

Name: King Ocean Services
norm: king ocean
Domain: kingocean.com

Name: King Ocean Services
norm: king ocean
Domain: kingocean.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Aug 12, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 20state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported the incident to, and cooperated with, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Secret Service
Third party: via third-party information technology (IT) service provider
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Engaged third-party cybersecurity experts to remediate, further investigate, and determine the scope of the incident
Reported the incident to, and cooperated with, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Secret Service
Terminated the unauthorized access
Assessed the security of its systems
Took actions to prevent a similar incident from occurring in the future, including security enhancements
Changes made: Implemented security enhancements
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Vermont State AGJul 11 · first

Massachusetts State AGJul 11 · first

New Hampshire State AG+2d

South Carolina State AG+2d · 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/Security%20Breach%20Notices/2026/Consumer%20Letter%20-%20King%20Ocean%20Services%2C%20Ltd..pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 13, 2026
Raw hash: 41bf5afe301eea48b9737f09518053f701ed5cd2483deac7289a8cb2634b6ad6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKing Ocean Services

Victim entityKing Ocean Services

IncidentThird-Party / Supply Chain

Stated responseEngaged third-party cybersecurity experts to remediate, further investigate, and determine the scope of the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov