MalwareFinancial ServicesProfessional ServicesFinanceRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDPIIHighContained

Professional Finance Company

bd_49e1eb4e4b2f87f4 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 26, 2022

Filed

Jul 1, 2022

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected

38,696state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Professional Finance Company →2 incidents on file

Professional Finance Company, Inc. notified South Carolina residents of a ransomware attack detected on February 26, 2022. Unauthorized access resulted in exposure of names, addresses, SSNs, and account/payment data. PFC engaged forensic investigators, rebuilt systems, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring. No medical or payment card data was compromised.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due18 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 125 days

Feb 26, 2022

Discovered

Jul 1, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+9 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_640d80038ee00b122022-07-01Verified
Montana State AGbd_8650c05ef2646cb82022-07-01Verified
HHS OCRbd_b584044d590b69d42022-07-01Verified
Washington State AGbd_befcd16a7ae82f822022-07-01Verified

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 59d gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_d63e74aeb33f26ea2022-07-01Verified
Oregon State AGbd_e9316ef5dce5f05c2022-07-01Verified
California State AGbd_fef912feb56f76812022-07-01Verified
Montana State AGbd_426f675f0ed006b72022-05-17 · +45dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_f1da390d730f310b2022-05-03 · +59dCandidate

Name: Professional Finance Company
norm: professional finance

Name: Professional Finance Company
norm: professional finance
Industry: Financial ServicesllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 26, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 5, 2022
Affected individuals: 38,696state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPII
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Engaged a third party forensic firm to assist us with securing the network environment and investigating the extent of any unauthorized activity
Conducting an investigation with the assistance of IT specialists
Wiped and rebuilt affected systems
Took steps to bolster our network security
Reviewed and altered our policies, procedures, and network security software
Providing you with access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring services at no charge
Providing you with proactive fraud assistance
Changes made: Wiped and rebuilt affected systems
Took steps to bolster our network security
Reviewed and altered our policies, procedures, and network security software relating to the security of our systems and servers, as well as how we store and manage data
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 weeks(125 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 9 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGMay 3 · first

Montana State AG+14d

Maine State AG+59d

Montana State AG+59d

HHS OCR+59d

Washington State AG+59d

Massachusetts State AG+59d

Oregon State AG+59d

California State AG+59d

South Carolina State AG+59d · this page

Pattern: first filing May 3 (IN), last Jul 1 (SC) — a 59-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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2022/ProfessionalFinanceCompanyInc..pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 1, 2022
Raw hash: 461870c44b8a67cd079b4ede6a7a39ab45ce97272c9ed566bb1d190a35ed1c3d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityProfessional Finance Company

Victim entityProfessional Finance Company

Incidentdiscovered Feb 26, 2022

Stated responseEngaged a third party forensic firm to assist us with securing the network environment and investigating the extent of any unauthorized activity

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov