Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Darlington County School District

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 11, 2026

Filed

May 7, 2026

To disclose

26 days

Affected

1,958state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Darlington County School District →

Darlington County School District notified employees that W-2 forms were inadvertently sent to an unauthorized recipient following a communication appearing to be a legitimate internal request (likely phishing). The incident was discovered on April 11, 2026. Affected data includes names and W-2 financial information. DCSD notified law enforcement and the IRS, and is offering 12 months of credit monitoring.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due26 days 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 · 26 days

Apr 11, 2026

Discovered

May 7, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_600d0f8d8225bde92026-05-06 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_6f365961b92f36db2026-05-06 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_79440e54f19850392026-05-06 · +1dCandidate

Name: Darlington County School District
norm: darlington county school district
Domain: dcsdschools.org

Name: Darlington County School District
norm: darlington county school district
Domain: dcsdschools.org
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Apr 11, 2026
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 6, 2026
Affected individuals: 1,958state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcementNotified the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Completed a thorough internal review
Notified law enforcement
Notified the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Providing access to credit monitoring services at no charge for twelve (12) months
Providing proactive fraud assistance through Cyberscout
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards
Reviewing existing security policies
Reinforced with staff the importance of safeguarding information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 days(26 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 · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGMay 6 · first

New Hampshire State AGMay 6 · first

Massachusetts State AGMay 6 · first

South Carolina State AG+1d · this page

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/Consumer%20Letter%20-%20Darlington%20County%20School%20District.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 7, 2026
Raw hash: a50ba5b8044b92d052fd5156fbe9486a5e05a24348ec165e7644a4b3cf54169a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDarlington County School District

Victim entityDarlington County School District

Incidentdiscovered Apr 11, 2026

Stated responseCompleted a thorough internal review

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov