HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

LCS Financial Services

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Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 25, 2023

Filed

Sep 22, 2023

To disclose

30 weeks

Affected

1,823state residents only

Linked

17 filings

Confidence

71%

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

LCS Financial Services reported unauthorized access to systems on Feb 24, 2023, discovered Feb 25, 2023. 1,823 Washington residents affected; data included names, DOBs, SSNs, and driver's licenses. LCS engaged forensic experts, notified the FBI, and provided credit monitoring. This filing is a supplemental notice dated Oct 24, 2023.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d30 weeks 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 · 1 days

discovery → filing · 30 weeks / 209 days

Feb 24, 2023

Begins

Feb 25, 2023

Discovered

Sep 22, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+21 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

Vermont State AGbd_1dca0a5fdc12edfb2023-10-05 · +13dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_3d0bf692d70d11b12023-10-05 · +13dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_97f9bfe98bcfb54e2023-10-05 · +13dVerified
California State AGbd_c23ff9723b2552b02023-10-05 · +13dVerified

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 32d gap

South Carolina State AGbd_c085a6e04c5998902023-10-06 · +14dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_325c9c186e8798812023-10-24 · +32dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_4d65c3817dcd07ec2023-10-24 · +32dVerified
California State AGbd_67d6fd7c7ebc79842023-10-24 · +32dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_9590de5068b55cb12023-10-24 · +32dVerified
HHS OCRbd_ba4a13b35dcea53b2023-10-24 · +32dVerified

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 – Feb 25, 2023
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 22, 2023
Affected individuals: 1,823state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney GeneralReported the incident to the FBI
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Retained cybersecurity experts and launched a forensics investigation
Implemented additional security measures to further harden its digital environment
Reported the incident to the FBI
Notified affected individuals
Offered 12 months of 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: 30 weeks(209 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 7 states

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Washington State AGSep 22 · first · this page

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

New Hampshire State AG+32d

California State AG+32d

Vermont State AG+32d

HHS OCR+32d

Pattern: first filing Sep 22 (WA), last Oct 24 (CO) — 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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA26581.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 22, 2023
Raw hash: 41679bd4e8f07c789dd1376cca340242e513aa03a7734ac9fdfbae42e74d71e5

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

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com