Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Heacock Insurance Group, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 23, 2018

Filed

Jul 24, 2018

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

80state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Heacock Insurance Group, LLC →

Heacock Insurance Group, LLC notified affected individuals of a phishing attack that compromised employee email accounts, potentially exposing names and SSNs of clients' employees and Heacock employees. The incident was discovered on Feb 23, 2018. Notices were sent in Oct 2018 offering 1-year credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 151 days

Feb 23, 2018

Discovered

Jul 24, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+13 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed80 affectedView incident

Name: Heacock Insurance Group, LLC
norm: heacock insurance

Name: Heacock Insurance Group, LLC
norm: heacock insurance
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 23, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 7, 2018
Affected individuals: 80state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Worked very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify our practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of your information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(151 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/2018/HeacockInsurance.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 24, 2018
Raw hash: 4cce61c67c4db69b84dd093572e488420b79a59894f1074d5ae47851ab3887ab

Reporting entityHeacock Insurance Group, LLC

Victim entityHeacock Insurance Group, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Feb 23, 2018

Stated responseCommenced a prompt and thorough investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov