HackingGovernmentGovernmentStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPIIGovernment IDFinancial accountFinancial credentialsHighContained

South Carolina Department of Revenue

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Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 1, 2012

Filed

Nov 28, 2012

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

2,136state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for South Carolina Department of Revenue →

South Carolina Dept of Revenue notified Hawaii OCP of a September 2012 breach exposing tax returns, SSNs, and financial data. Mandiant forensics confirmed access. ~2,136 Hawaii residents affected. Contained; credit monitoring offered.

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Hawaii clock✓ HI CRA notice due8 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

undetected · 30 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 58 days

Sep 1, 2012

Begins

Oct 1, 2012

Discovered

Nov 28, 2012

Filed

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_372f6803519c087c2012-11-26 · +2dVerified
California State AGbd_2336edadee3e82522012-12-10 · +12dVerified

Name: South Carolina Department of Revenue
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Name: South Carolina Department of Revenue
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Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Oct 1, 2012
Breach occurred: Sep 1, 2012 – Sep 30, 2012
Undetected for: 30 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,136state-resident count only
Data types: PIIGovernment IDFinancial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: US Secret Service has been directing the investigation
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Retained Mandiant for forensics and security remediation
Selected and made arrangements with breach response vendors
Providing one year of credit monitoring and fraud resolution services through Experian's ProtectMylD Alert program
Providing protection for all dependents under Experian's Family Secure program
Introduced many substantial new technology and policy protections to the Department
Mounted a massive public awareness campaign about personal information security risks
Changes made: Introduced many substantial new technology and policy protections to the Department
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(58 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HI 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 · 3 filings · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGNov 26 · first

Hawaii State AG+2d · this page

California State AG+14d

Pattern: first filing Nov 26 (NH), last Dec 10 (CA) — a 14-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://web.archive.org/web/20211024101019id_/https://cca.hawaii.gov/ocp/files/2015/12/OCP-2012-1358.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 28, 2012
Raw hash: a90805efb34931badeb0d5fe8191295cad75c46df74474ddea1b283406277407

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySouth Carolina Department of Revenue

Victim entitySouth Carolina Department of Revenue

Incidentdiscovered Oct 1, 2012

Stated responseRetained Mandiant for forensics and security remediation

ComplianceHI CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceweb.archive.org