HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

LCS Financial Services

bd_67d6fd7c7ebc7984 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 25, 2023

Filed

Oct 24, 2023

To disclose

34 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

17 filings

Confidence

65%

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

LCS Financial Services, a nationwide debt collection agency, notified the California Attorney General of a cybersecurity incident. Unauthorized access occurred on February 24, 2023, and was discovered on February 25, 2023. The company engaged forensic experts and reported the incident to the FBI. Personal information, including names and potentially other data elements, was acquired without authorization. The company is offering credit monitoring and identity theft protection services to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Feb 25, 2023 → Notified Oct 24, 2023241d ✗ CA 60-day late34 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 34 weeks / 241 days

Feb 24, 2023

Begins

Feb 25, 2023

Discovered

Oct 24, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+26 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

Delaware State AGbd_325c9c186e8798812023-10-24Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_4d65c3817dcd07ec2023-10-24Verified
Vermont State AGbd_9590de5068b55cb12023-10-24Verified
HHS OCRbd_ba4a13b35dcea53b2023-10-24Verified

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South Carolina State AGbd_c085a6e04c5998902023-10-06 · +18dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_1dca0a5fdc12edfb2023-10-05 · +19dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_3d0bf692d70d11b12023-10-05 · +19dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_97f9bfe98bcfb54e2023-10-05 · +19dVerified
California State AGbd_c23ff9723b2552b02023-10-05 · +19dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_1db1734991738db02023-09-22 · +32dCandidate

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: Oct 24, 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
Enlisted a leading, independent cybersecurity firm to conduct a forensic investigation
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: 34 weeks(241 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 241d
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: Oct 24, 2023
241d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Feb 25, 2023 → Notified: Oct 24, 2023	241d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 7 states

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Oregon State AGSep 22 · first

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

Vermont State AG+32d

HHS OCR+32d

California State AG+32d · this page

Pattern: first filing Sep 22 (OR), last Oct 24 (CA) — 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/sb24-575620
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 24, 2023
Raw hash: 38767dac137db17381599ca0331882e3c09551605719dd14056534f9e80634f2

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