HackingGovernmentGovernmentCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)HighContained

Spartanburg County, South Carolina

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 5, 2023

Filed

Jul 25, 2023

To disclose

20 days

Affected · nationwide

8,5752 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Spartanburg County, South Carolina →2 incidents on file

Spartanburg County, SC, reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring between April 5 and April 27, 2023, discovered on July 5, 2023. The incident compromised the driver's license numbers and names of 8,575 individuals, including 2 Maine residents. The county provided written notification on July 25, 2023, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services via Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jul 5, 2023 → Filed with AG Jul 25, 202320d ✓ ME AG ≤30d20 days discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 91 days

discovery → filing · 20 days

Apr 5, 2023

Begins

Jul 5, 2023

Discovered

Jul 25, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_a1b6c0a791ad92292023-07-25Verified
Montana State AGbd_cefbf06df9a287fd2023-07-28 · +3dCandidate
South Carolina State AGbd_8f44ec504b4a30152023-07-31 · +6dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_2c528a9abc3b9d932023-08-02 · +8dVerified

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Vermont State AGbd_319d00256855a8e42023-10-11 · +78dVerified

Name: Spartanburg County, South Carolina
norm: spartanburg county south carolina
Industry: government_public

Name: Spartanburg County, South Carolina
norm: spartanburg county south carolina
Industry: government_public
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Jul 5, 2023
Breach occurred: Apr 5, 2023 – Apr 27, 2023
Undetected for: 91 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 25, 2023
Affected individuals: 8,575state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Driver's licence number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 days(20 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 20d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jul 5, 2023
→ Filed with AG: Jul 25, 2023
20d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jul 5, 2023 → Filed with AG: Jul 25, 2023	20d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGJul 25 · first

Maine State AGJul 25 · first · this page

Montana State AG+3d

South Carolina State AG+6d

Massachusetts State AG+8d

Vermont State AG+78d

Pattern: first filing Jul 25 (IN), last Oct 11 (VT) — a 78-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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/c5206b4f-e96a-411a-8254-0cef3cb30631.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 25, 2023
Raw hash: 8e71d26162ee47f3f7b241fd72cd4fb5e799d0951060764a95d72862f7131453

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySpartanburg County, South Carolina

Victim entitySpartanburg County, South Carolina

Incidentdiscovered Jul 5, 2023

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov