HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)HighContained

LCS Financial Services

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Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 25, 2023

Filed

Oct 24, 2023

To disclose

34 weeks

Affected

1,430state residents only

Linked

17 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for LCS Financial Services →4 incidents on file

LCS Financial Services, a debt collection agency, notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a data security incident affecting 1,430 NH residents. Unauthorized access occurred on or about February 24, 2023, discovered on February 25, 2023. Personal information, including names and Social Security numbers, was acquired. LCS engaged forensic experts, reported to the FBI, and provided credit monitoring services to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 34 weeks / 241 days

Feb 24, 2023

Begins

Feb 25, 2023

Discovered

Oct 24, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+26 wks slower

This filing is one of 17 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Delaware State AGbd_325c9c186e8798812023-10-24Verified
California State AGbd_67d6fd7c7ebc79842023-10-24Verified
Vermont State AGbd_9590de5068b55cb12023-10-24Verified
HHS OCRbd_ba4a13b35dcea53b2023-10-24Verified

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South Carolina State AGbd_c085a6e04c5998902023-10-06 · +18dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_1dca0a5fdc12edfb2023-10-05 · +19dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_3d0bf692d70d11b12023-10-05 · +19dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_97f9bfe98bcfb54e2023-10-05 · +19dVerified
California State AGbd_c23ff9723b2552b02023-10-05 · +19dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_1db1734991738db02023-09-22 · +32dCandidate

Showing first 10 of 16 linked disclosures.

Name: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
norm: constangy brooks smith prophete

Name: LCS Financial Services
norm: lcs financial
Domain: lcsfin.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 25, 2023
Breach occurred: Feb 24, 2023
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 24, 2023
Affected individuals: 1,430state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Retained cybersecurity experts and launched a forensics investigation
Reported the incident to the FBI and will cooperate with any resulting investigation
Implemented additional security measures to further harden its digital environment
Notified the affected individuals
Offered complimentary identity protection services
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures to further harden its digital environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 34 weeks(241 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 7 states

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Oregon State AGSep 22 · first

Vermont State AG+13d

Delaware State AG+13d

New Hampshire State AG+13d

California State AG+13d

South Carolina State AG+14d

Delaware State AG+32d

California State AG+32d

Vermont State AG+32d

HHS OCR+32d

New Hampshire State AG+32d · this page

Pattern: first filing Sep 22 (OR), last Oct 24 (NH) — a 32-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 16 — the full spread may be wider.

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/lcs-financial-services-20231024.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 24, 2023
Raw hash: 55a4bcf7e78dae44821e6dd08d36036f038eac4468ed15a4dbfbd35de070b037

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityConstangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Victim entityLCS Financial Services

Incidentdiscovered Feb 25, 2023

Stated responseRetained cybersecurity experts and launched a forensics investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov