MalwareHealthcareProfessional ServicesHealthcareRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

The Charles Lea Center

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jun 19, 2023

Filed

Nov 27, 2023

To disclose

23 weeks

Affected

2,286state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for The Charles Lea Center →

The Charles Lea Center notified South Carolina residents of a June 19, 2023 cyberattack involving ransomware that encrypted systems and allegedly exfiltrated files containing names and Social Security numbers. The organization contained the network, engaged forensic experts, alerted law enforcement, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and fraud assistance to affected individuals.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due23 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 23 weeks / 161 days

Jun 19, 2023

Discovered

Nov 27, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+12 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_ab3d4781027cf10f2023-11-22 · +5dVerified

Name: The Charles Lea Center
norm: the charles lea center

Name: The Charles Lea Center
norm: the charles lea center
Industry: HealthcarellmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 19, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 22, 2023
Affected individuals: 2,286state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: alerted law enforcement

During the incident: Commenced an immediate and thorough investigation
Contained the network
Alerted law enforcement
Engaged leading third-party cybersecurity experts
Conducted a detailed and comprehensive review of all the data potentially involved
Provided you with access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing you with proactive fraud assistance
Changes made: Reviewed and revised our information security practices
Implemented additional security measures to mitigate the chance of a similar event in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 weeks(161 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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HHS OCRNov 22 · first

South Carolina State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 22 (SC), last Nov 27 (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/TheCharlesLeaCenter.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 27, 2023
Raw hash: d1f0f1c2b0a11c84068824389a9a563ca41e1d966ef83db4a5b756e3fdf8f3b8

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Charles Lea Center

Victim entityThe Charles Lea Center

Incidentdiscovered Jun 19, 2023

Stated responseCommenced an immediate and thorough investigation

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov