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Sheheen, Hancock & Godwin, LLP.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Filed

Apr 7, 2025

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

50%

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Lynx on its public extortion blog. It has not been validated by the victim or any regulator. Treat attribution and counts as the threat actor's assertion until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure corroborates them.

Group activity: Financial ServicesDiscovered: 2025-04-25

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

At Sheheen Hancock & Godwin, LLP, we believe in the value of relationships. We view every client relationship like a partnership, and truly believe that our success is a result of your success. We are committed to providing quality services and attention to our clients at the level that each specifies, from tax preparation and bookkeeping, to business consulting and comprehensive planning. Regardless of the level of service you choose, we take pride in giving you the assurance that the assistance you receive comes from years of advanced training, technical experience and financial acumen. Our continual investment of time and resources in professional continuing education, state-of-the-art technology and extensive business relationships is indicative of our commitment to excellence. Located in Camden, South Carolina, our firm was established in 1959. We have grown from a solo practice into one that is among the largest in the Midlands area.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Apr 7, 2025

Claim posted

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Claim → filing

Compliance clock

Not assessable

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Show 4 more filingsup to 177d gap

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗

Pattern: first filing Apr 7, last Oct 1 (SC) — a 177-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claimThis record

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filing

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source ceiling

  • actor name
  • victim claim
  • ransom/leak status
  • discovery date
  • materiality
  • notification
  • affected count
  • confirmed data types
  • compliance clock

The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.

About this groupFirst seen 2023-05-22

lynx

According to ransomware.live, Lynx is a ransomware-as-a-service operation that emerged in mid-2024 as a rebrand of INC Ransomware (whose source code was sold for $300,000 on the RAMP forum), claiming ~300 victims across manufacturing, business services, technology, and transportation with an 80/20 profit split for affiliates.

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