AccidentalFinancial ServicesFinanceMisconfigurationTargetedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Skyward Service Company

bd_f4a32cd5a2389d1a · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 5, 2025

Filed

Apr 10, 2025

To disclose

5 days

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Skyward Service Company →

Skyward Service Company notified South Carolina and other states of a data incident where a database containing personal information (names, data elements) was publicly discoverable due to a miscalibration in database settings. The incident was discovered on April 5, 2025, when documents were found on the dark web. No evidence of fraud or identity theft was found. Skyward remediated the settings and is enhancing its review process.

J jump to incidentP pin to compareR raw source

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 days

Apr 5, 2025

Discovered

Apr 10, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Skyward Service Company
norm: skyward service

Name: Skyward Service Company
norm: skyward service
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 5, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Identified the setting miscalibration that caused the issue and remediated it to secure the database
Enhancing our database setting review process
Changes made: Enhancing our database setting review process
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 days(5 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/Security%20Breach%20Notices/2025/ELN-24803%20Skyward%20Specialty%20Insurance%20Adult%20No%20CM%20r1prf-c.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 10, 2025
Raw hash: 2ca524d63ce6c3464d65e4c96e497c28fb490197c9ed87fa56e57eb7f1252cef

Reporting entitySkyward Service Company

Victim entitySkyward Service Company

Incidentdiscovered Apr 5, 2025

Stated responseIdentified the setting miscalibration that caused the issue and remediated it to secure the database

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov