HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)MediumContained

SAX

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 7, 2024

Filed

Dec 23, 2025

To disclose

17 months

Affected

2,194state residents only

Linked

11 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for SAX →

Sax, LLP notified South Carolina residents of a security incident detected on August 7, 2024. Unauthorized access to the firm's environment resulted in the potential exposure of names and other personal information. Sax engaged cybersecurity experts, notified the FBI, and implemented additional security measures. Affected individuals were offered complimentary credit and identity monitoring services through Epiq.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due17 months 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 · 17 months / 503 days

Aug 7, 2024

Discovered

Dec 23, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+55 wks slower

This filing is one of 11 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_03368ea6c198e1b32025-12-22 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_07c61e1d041b376b2025-12-22 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_6b0331732b1d66802025-12-22 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_70f3b36fdd6d270f2025-12-22 · +1dVerified

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 7d gap

California State AGbd_a57bf44b11d3263a2025-12-22 · +1dCandidate
Vermont State AGbd_ce441aca74d4f2372025-12-22 · +1dVerified
Texas State AGbd_1ef0f101196477a72025-12-29 · +6dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_1e28e16055f987412025-12-16 · +7dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_556c3ae504f7e82c2025-12-16 · +7dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_a0269a5e4239280f2025-12-16 · +7dVerified

Name: SAX
norm: sax
Domain: saxadvisorygroup.com

Name: SAX
norm: sax
Domain: saxadvisorygroup.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 7, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 1, 2025
Affected individuals: 2,194state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged cybersecurity experts to assist with the process
Engaged a third party to conduct a comprehensive review of all potentially affected information
Performed a thorough review of our systems to investigate the incident
Implemented additional security measures to protect our digital environment
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the incident
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures to protect our digital environment and minimize the likelihood of future incidents
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 months(503 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 · 11 filings · 11 states

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Nebraska State AGDec 16 · first

Delaware State AGDec 16 · first

Indiana State AGDec 16 · first

Montana State AG+6d

Massachusetts State AG+6d

Maine State AG+6d

New Hampshire State AG+6d

California State AG+6d

Vermont State AG+6d

South Carolina State AG+7d · this page

Texas State AG+13d

Pattern: first filing Dec 16 (NE), last Dec 29 (TX) — a 13-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/Security%20Breach%20Notices/2025/Consumer%20Letter%20-%20Sax%2C%20LLP.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 23, 2025
Raw hash: 90522a36adf7809bbcab452060005a7fb36ed18da9c761a3774fc8de5625cf0e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySAX

Victim entitySAX

Incidentdiscovered Aug 7, 2024

Stated responseEngaged cybersecurity experts to assist with the process

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov