Social EngineeringHealthcareProfessional ServicesHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)MinorHighContained

Specialized Alternatives for Family & Youth of SC

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 2, 2020

Filed

Sep 18, 2020

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

2,695state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Specialized Alternatives for Family & Youth of SC →2 incidents on file

Specialized Alternatives for Families & Youth of America, Inc. (SAFY) disclosed that an unknown actor accessed employee email accounts between Feb 25 and Jun 23, 2020, following a phishing scam involving fictitious job postings on Indeed.com. The breach exposed names and data elements of individuals receiving adoption, foster care, and mental health services, including minors. SAFY engaged forensic specialists, notified HHS, and offered credit/identity monitoring.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due11 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

undetected · 128 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 78 days

Feb 25, 2020

Begins

Jul 2, 2020

Discovered

Sep 18, 2020

Filed

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on median

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_de12bedefc5144792020-09-21 · +3dVerified
HHS OCRbd_2d72fe1374b66bee2020-09-11 · +7dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_cf8c6ff9b00d514a2020-09-11 · +7dVerified

Name: Specialized Alternatives for Family & Youth of SC
norm: specialized alternatives for family youth of sc

Name: Specialized Alternatives for Family & Youth of SC
norm: specialized alternatives for family youth of sc
Industry: HealthcarellmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 2, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 25, 2020 – Jun 23, 2020
Undetected for: 128 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 27, 2020
Affected individuals: 2,695state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Minor
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesNotified other government regulators
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Conducted an extensive investigation, with the assistance of third-party computer forensic specialists
Performed a comprehensive review of all information stored in the impacted email accounts
Received the results of the third-party audit
Offering you access to 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through TransUnion
Offering you access to 12 months of minor monitoring services through Equifax
Notified the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and other government regulators
Changes made: Working to review our existing policies and procedures
Implement additional safeguards to further secure the information in our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(78 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 · 4 filings · 4 states

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HHS OCRSep 11 · first

Massachusetts State AGSep 11 · first

South Carolina State AG+7d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+10d

Pattern: first filing Sep 11 (OH), last Sep 21 (NH) — a 10-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/2020/SAFY.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 18, 2020
Raw hash: fd268c09039fbc6e51dea1feb05a2c2f4691b39bc5f3d4fc3f49b20a7c3af67c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySpecialized Alternatives for Family & Youth of SC

Victim entitySpecialized Alternatives for Family & Youth of SC

Incidentdiscovered Jul 2, 2020

Stated responseConducted an extensive investigation, with the assistance of third-party computer forensic specialists

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov