HackingGovernmentGovernmentDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

St. Lucie County Tax Collector's Office

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 27, 2023

Filed

Apr 10, 2024

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

10 records

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for St. Lucie County Tax Collector's Office →3 incidents on file

St. Lucie County Tax Collector's Office notified consumers of a data breach involving unauthorized network access between Oct 16-27, 2023. Information impacted included names and Social Security numbers. The entity engaged forensic specialists, reported to law enforcement, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring via TransUnion.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday24 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 · 11 days

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 166 days

Oct 16, 2023

Begins

Oct 27, 2023

Discovered

Apr 10, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 10 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by alphv about this victim was first seen 149 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitealphvbd_4e5ff0a8dbf9c19a2023-11-13 · +149dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_1adb356afa9d45202024-04-10Verified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_70eeb649da68ed312024-04-10Verified by operator
Montana State AGbd_3287d0543d75ae4d2023-12-28 · +104dVerified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_4b9a5dc6bbd1b5e02023-12-28 · +104dVerified by operator

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 104d gap

Indiana State AGbd_696eeff6d4ebe4be2023-12-28 · +104dVerified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_b07011eb179ec5c32023-12-28 · +104dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_b9f4ab32f0094c952023-12-28 · +104dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_c255febf4c5222bc2023-12-28 · +104dVerified by operator

Name: St. Lucie County Tax Collector's Office
norm: st lucie county tax collector s office
Domain: tcslc.com
Industry: government_public

Name: St. Lucie County Tax Collector's Office
norm: st lucie county tax collector s office
Domain: tcslc.com
Industry: government_public
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Oct 27, 2023
Breach occurred: Oct 16, 2023 – Oct 27, 2023
Undetected for: 11 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 10, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: reported the event to law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took steps to secure our systems
Initiated an investigation into the nature and scope of the activity with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Reported the event to law enforcement
Implemented additional safeguards related to data privacy and security
Offering you access to complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services for twelve (12) months through TransUnion
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards related to data privacy and security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(166 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bdayLeak >90d
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 · 9 filings · 6 states

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Montana State AGDec 28 · first

Massachusetts State AGDec 28 · first

Indiana State AGDec 28 · first

Vermont State AGDec 28 · first

New Hampshire State AGDec 28 · first

Maine State AGDec 28 · first

Maine State AG+104d

New Hampshire State AG+104d

Vermont State AG+104d · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 28 (MT), last Apr 10 (VT) — a 104-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-04-10-st-lucie-county-tax-collectors-office-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 10, 2024
Raw hash: 12e0326406a08201eb7784561db6e283cf85bbd4e5a4da74861be71cf187afcd

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySt. Lucie County Tax Collector's Office

Victim entitySt. Lucie County Tax Collector's Office

Incidentdiscovered Oct 27, 2023

Stated responseTook steps to secure our systems

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov