HackingGovernmentGovernmentStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

School District Five of Lexington & Richland Counties

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jun 3, 2025

Filed

Sep 3, 2025

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

30,944state residents only

Linked

7 records

Confidence

65%

School District Five of Lexington & Richland Counties notified South Carolina residents of a data security incident discovered on June 3, 2025. An external unauthorized individual accessed the network and exfiltrated files containing PII, including SSNs, driver's licenses, and financial account data. The District engaged cybersecurity experts, enhanced security measures, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d13 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 92 days

Jun 3, 2025

Discovered

Sep 3, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 7 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by interlock about this victim was first seen 71 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteinterlockbd_0114b40927dd64572025-06-24 · +71dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_a60809c6d9840e292025-09-02 · +1dVerified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_ae83edfce1761d092025-09-02 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_3a3e2413d556ce502025-08-29 · +5dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_d7b5f2161da039db2025-08-29 · +5dVerified by operator

Press reports (1)

Pressinterlockbd_d3edcdf75cb2f6bf2025-06-05 · +90dCandidate

Name: School District Five of Lexington & Richland Counties
norm: school district five of lexington richland counties
Domain: lexrich5.org

Name: School District Five of Lexington & Richland Counties
norm: school district five of lexington richland counties
Domain: lexrich5.org
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Jun 3, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 29, 2025
Affected individuals: 30,944state-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 Channel
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged independent cybersecurity experts to assist with investigating and remediating our network
Undertaken a comprehensive review of those files
Implemented measures to enhance security
Providing access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing proactive fraud assistance
Changes made: Implemented measures to enhance security and minimize the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(92 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30dSC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGAug 29 · first

Nebraska State AGAug 29 · first

Maine State AG+4d

Vermont State AG+4d

South Carolina State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 29 (IN), last Sep 3 (SC) — a 5-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/Security%20Breach%20Notices/2025/Consumer%20Letter%20-%20School%20District%20Five%20Lex-Rich.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 3, 2025
Raw hash: bc0529a4ac1bd359b2416338c75e4fae5e739acfc669f19fe6226518f0ae9bce

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Press reports (1)

Reporting entitySchool District Five of Lexington & Richland Counties

Victim entitySchool District Five of Lexington & Richland Counties

Incidentdiscovered Jun 3, 2025

Stated responseEngaged independent cybersecurity experts to assist with investigating and remediating our network

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov