HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

LCS Financial Services

bd_5db881e7e0b4d1a7 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 25, 2023

Filed

Sep 22, 2023

To disclose

30 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

17 filings

Confidence

64%

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

LCS Financial Services, a nationwide debt collection agency, experienced unauthorized access to personal information on or about February 24, 2023. The company became aware of unusual activity on February 25, 2023, and engaged independent cybersecurity experts. The investigation confirmed that personal information, including names and potentially other data elements, was acquired without authorization. LCS reported the incident to the FBI and is offering credit monitoring and identity theft protection services to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Feb 25, 2023 → Notified Sep 22, 2023209d ✗ CA 60-day late30 weeks discovery → filing

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: LCS Financial Services
norm: lcs financial
Domain: lcsfin.com

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: Sep 22, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Unknown
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported the incident to the FBI

During the incident: Took steps to secure our network
Launched an investigation with the assistance of independent cybersecurity experts
Engaged a third-party vendor to commence a comprehensive review of the affected data
Reported the incident to the FBI
Offering access to complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Implemented several measures to enhance our security posture and reduce the risk of similar future incidents
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 30 weeks(209 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 209d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Feb 25, 2023
→ Notified: Sep 22, 2023
209d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Feb 25, 2023 → Notified: Sep 22, 2023	209d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 6 states

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California 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 (CA), 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-574116
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: e6d76e83fc9cf93003f086fec025e06596644225ed7dcdf744c08b6d03b0ac47

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLCS Financial Services

Victim entityLCS Financial Services

Incidentdiscovered Feb 25, 2023

Stated responseTook steps to secure our network

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov