HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountHighContained

Lexington Medical Center

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 18, 2024

Filed

Feb 20, 2024

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

1,942state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%

Lexington Medical Center notified South Carolina regulators of a breach occurring on Oct 4, 2023, where an unauthorized party accessed an employee email account. Forensic review on Jan 18, 2024 revealed files potentially containing patient PII, SSNs, and medical data. No evidence of misuse was found. The company engaged cybersecurity experts and offered credit monitoring.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due5 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 · 106 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 33 days

Oct 4, 2023

Begins

Jan 18, 2024

Discovered

Feb 20, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_b4dad9ce2b4c1bee2024-02-14 · +6dCandidate

Name: Lexington Health
norm: lexington health
Domain: lexhealth.com

Name: Lexington Medical Center
norm: lexington medical center
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jan 18, 2024
Breach occurred: Oct 4, 2023
Undetected for: 106 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,942state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Immediately contained the incident
Commenced an immediate and thorough investigation
Engaged leading cybersecurity experts to identify what personal information, if any, was involved
Changes made: Offering complimentary access to Experian Identity Works Credit 3B on months
Continually evaluate and modify 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: 5 weeks(33 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 · 2 filings · 2 states

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Vermont State AGFeb 14 · first

South Carolina State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 14 (VT), last Feb 20 (SC) — a 6-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/2024/LexingtonHealthInc.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 20, 2024
Raw hash: 2a7f915cc4ea7bf4c1735477fd392c3572bbf45f392592e954e242b96bfc3fd4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLexington Health

Victim entityLexington Medical Center

Incidentdiscovered Jan 18, 2024

Stated responseImmediately contained the incident

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov