HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)MediumContained

EMS Management and Consultants Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 31, 2023

Filed

Aug 11, 2023

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

7,352state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for EMS Management and Consultants Inc. →2 incidents on file

EMS Management and Consultants Inc. notified individuals of a data breach involving its MOVEit Transfer server. An unknown actor accessed the server on May 30, 2023, exfiltrating names and other personal information. EMS|MC engaged forensic specialists, patched the software, and offered credit monitoring. The incident is linked to the Progress Software MOVEit vulnerability.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due10 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 · 1 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 72 days

May 30, 2023

Begins

May 31, 2023

Discovered

Aug 11, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_6035553c200b8f0a2023-08-10 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_70f646de74f5cffd2023-08-10 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_87f59e0d4c0abcea2023-08-10 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_8ff9e4e1ed3639a72023-08-10 · +1dVerified

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Vermont State AGbd_f7bd2cf2bd973dbd2023-08-10 · +1dVerified

Name: EMS Management and Consultants Inc.
norm: ems management and consultants

Name: EMS Management and Consultants Inc.
norm: ems management and consultants
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 31, 2023
Breach occurred: May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 9, 2023
Affected individuals: 7,352state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Moved quickly to patch the tool and undertook recommended mitigation steps
Launched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party cybersecurity specialists
Engaged a third-party data analysis firm to perform a detailed review
Notify our business partners and potentially affected individuals
Providing you with access to ## months of credit monitoring and identity protection services provided by Experian
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing our existing policies and procedures related to data privacy
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(72 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 · 6 filings · 6 states

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New Hampshire State AGAug 10 · first

Massachusetts State AGAug 10 · first

Maine State AGAug 10 · first

Montana State AGAug 10 · first

Vermont State AGAug 10 · first

South Carolina State AG+1d · this page

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/EMSManagementandConsultantsInc.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 11, 2023
Raw hash: fc306a2d2b6d1f051d9975d5a95d3d6986ced27c91c7630f5537230c3e623494

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEMS Management and Consultants Inc.

Victim entityEMS Management and Consultants Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 31, 2023

Stated responseMoved quickly to patch the tool and undertook recommended mitigation steps

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov