MalwareGovernmentGovernmentRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedIdentity (basic)LowContained

WSSC Water

bd_b9273b8e28594439 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

May 24, 2021

Filed

Aug 2, 2021

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for WSSC Water →2 incidents on file

WSSC Water notified individuals of a May 24, 2021 ransomware incident. Unauthorized access occurred prior to the attack, exposing names. The virus was halted within hours. WSSC Water offered 5 years of credit monitoring and identity theft insurance.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 70 days

May 24, 2021

Discovered

Aug 2, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 5 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_df0fb84769c435822021-08-02Verified
Delaware State AGbd_70e2ab39b1c5177f2021-07-30 · +3dVerified
Montana State AGbd_105a5811ddf35e4f2021-07-26 · +7dCandidate
California State AGbd_99b0a93e4b4a23312021-08-17 · +15dVerified

Name: WSSC Water
norm: wssc water
Domain: wsscwater.com

Name: WSSC Water
norm: wssc water
Domain: wsscwater.com
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: May 24, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 26, 2021
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Halted and removed the virus
Restored impacted business systems to full operation
Offered five (5) years of credit monitoring with $1,000,000 in identity theft insurance at no cost
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(70 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGJul 26 · first

Delaware State AG+4d

Oregon State AG+7d

South Carolina State AG+7d · this page

California State AG+22d

Pattern: first filing Jul 26 (MT), last Aug 17 (CA) — a 22-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/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2021/WSSCWater.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 2, 2021
Raw hash: 723877dfebc462e50706d5de165b87f63a2b5cd94358ba2443710084dcb60d80

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWSSC Water

Victim entityWSSC Water

Incidentdiscovered May 24, 2021

Stated responseHalted and removed the virus

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov