HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsPhishingData ExfiltratedMulti-Stage ChainCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

LOWER, LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 14, 2021

Filed

May 31, 2022

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

4,499state residents only

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for LOWER, LLC →4 incidents on file

Lower LLC notified South Carolina consumers of a data breach where unauthorized actors accessed the network between Dec 10-14, 2021, stealing files and compromising employee email accounts. Affected data includes names, SSNs, DOBs, driver's licenses, and financial account numbers. The company engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due24 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 · 4 days

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 168 days

Dec 10, 2021

Begins

Dec 14, 2021

Discovered

May 31, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed4,499 affectedView incident

Name: LOWER, LLC
norm: lower

Name: LOWER, LLC
norm: lower
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 14, 2021
Breach occurred: Dec 10, 2021 – Dec 14, 2021
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 2, 2022
Affected individuals: 4,499state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notifying regulatory authorities as required by law
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an in-depth investigation with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Notified law enforcement
Notifying regulatory authorities as required by law
Notifying potentially affected individuals
Arranged to have Experian provide credit monitoring services
Changes made: Reviewing our existing policies and procedures
Implementing additional safeguards to further secure the information in our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(168 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.

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/LowerLLC.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 31, 2022
Raw hash: 522381641c5a16852fbba162f74194c85b8465db2eda5754c737a21e415b20f2

Reporting entityLOWER, LLC

Victim entityLOWER, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Dec 14, 2021

Stated responseLaunched an in-depth investigation with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov