HackingGovernmentGovernmentStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

St. Lucie County Tax Collector's Office

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 27, 2023

Filed

Dec 28, 2023

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

10 records

Confidence

64%

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

St. Lucie County Tax Collector's Office notified individuals of unauthorized network access between Oct 16-27, 2023. Unusual activity was detected on Oct 27, 2023. Data accessed included names and driver's license numbers. The entity engaged forensic specialists and reported to law enforcement.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d9 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 11 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 62 days

Oct 16, 2023

Begins

Oct 27, 2023

Discovered

Dec 28, 2023

Filed

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

A leak claim by alphv about this victim was first seen 45 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitealphvbd_4e5ff0a8dbf9c19a2023-11-13 · +45dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_4b9a5dc6bbd1b5e02023-12-28Verified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_696eeff6d4ebe4be2023-12-28Verified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_b07011eb179ec5c32023-12-28Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_b9f4ab32f0094c952023-12-28Verified by operator

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 104d gap

Maine State AGbd_c255febf4c5222bc2023-12-28Verified by operator
Maine State AGbd_1adb356afa9d45202024-04-10 · +104dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_70eeb649da68ed312024-04-10 · +104dVerified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_eac607cf8f8cbff12024-04-10 · +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: Oct 27, 2023
Breach occurred: Oct 16, 2023 – Oct 27, 2023
Undetected for: 11 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 28, 2023
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: reported the event to law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took steps to secure our systems
Initiated an investigation into the nature and scope of the activity with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Reported the event to law enforcement
Implemented additional safeguards related to data privacy and security
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards related to data privacy and security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(62 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30d
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 · 9 filings · 6 states

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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

Montana State AGDec 28 · first · this page

Maine State AG+104d

New Hampshire State AG+104d

Vermont State AG+104d

Pattern: first filing Dec 28 (MA), last Apr 10 (VT) — 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-989.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 28, 2023
Raw hash: 81210887e0030e2c04284cdbd599f72c7bc7127a2c89d711133c7903ee7f5713

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 Oct 27, 2023

Stated responseTook steps to secure our systems

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov