MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

South Carolina Legal Services

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 28, 2021

Filed

Nov 17, 2021

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected

500state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for South Carolina Legal Services →2 incidents on file

South Carolina Legal Services (SCLS) notified employees of a data security incident discovered on June 28, 2021, where systems were encrypted. The incident may have involved names, Social Security numbers, and Driver’s License numbers. SCLS engaged outside experts, reported to the FBI, enhanced network security, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 142 days

Jun 28, 2021

Discovered

Nov 17, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed500 affectedView incident

Name: South Carolina Legal Services
norm: south carolina legal

Name: South Carolina Legal Services
norm: south carolina legal
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 28, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 28, 2021
Affected individuals: 500state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported the matter to the FBI

During the incident: Took immediate steps to secure systems prior to restoration
Retained outside cybersecurity experts to investigate
Reported the matter to the FBI
Enhanced the security of our network
Offered free credit monitoring services through IDX
Changes made: Enhanced the security of our network
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(142 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2021/SCLegalServices.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 17, 2021
Raw hash: cb1f01dc3ff0a536e3927fca0259b74a34cc320485fc9ae244346910a34fa71c

Reporting entitySouth Carolina Legal Services

Victim entitySouth Carolina Legal Services

Incidentdiscovered Jun 28, 2021

Stated responseTook immediate steps to secure systems prior to restoration

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov