HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Sheheen, Hancock & Godwin, LLP.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 19, 2025

Filed

Oct 1, 2025

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected

34,059state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Sheheen, Hancock & Godwin, LLP. →

Sheheen, Hancock & Godwin, LLP notified South Carolina residents of a cybersecurity incident where an unknown actor copied/downloaded files containing names on April 8, 2025. The firm discovered the activity on May 19, 2025, and completed its scope review on September 3, 2025. Notices were sent on September 25, 2025, offering 12 months of credit monitoring.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due19 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 · 41 days

discovery → filing · 19 weeks / 135 days

Apr 8, 2025

Begins

May 19, 2025

Discovered

Oct 1, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitelynxbd_7ed07e2f90e31e5b2025-04-07 · +177dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Texas State AGbd_b7dc5f072dbb64712025-09-26 · +5dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_065ca86029e465b22025-09-25 · +6dVerified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_18fa589fd88ecea92025-09-25 · +6dVerified
Maine State AGbd_2e563cef937ceaad2025-09-25 · +6dCandidate

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 6d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_7585b35e7f47d53d2025-09-25 · +6dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_96ab18af330e59db2025-09-25 · +6dVerified
Montana State AGbd_f5be8a10e36b1ee52025-09-25 · +6dVerified

Name: Sheheen, Hancock & Godwin, LLP.
norm: sheheen hancock godwin
Domain: shgcpa.com

Name: Sheheen, Hancock & Godwin, LLP.
norm: sheheen hancock godwin
Domain: shgcpa.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 19, 2025
Breach occurred: Apr 8, 2025
Undetected for: 41 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 25, 2025
Affected individuals: 34,059state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Worked to ensure the security of our computer systems
Conducted a comprehensive investigation to determine the full nature and scope of the event
Issued notice to potentially impacted individuals
Offering You twelve (12) months Of complimentary credit mOnitéring and identity protection services
Changes made: Reviewing and implementing, as needed, additional policies and procedures
Ensuring the security of data on our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 weeks(135 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 · 8 filings · 8 states

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Massachusetts State AGSep 25 · first

Indiana State AGSep 25 · first

Maine State AGSep 25 · first

New Hampshire State AGSep 25 · first

Vermont State AGSep 25 · first

Montana State AGSep 25 · first

Texas State AG+1d

South Carolina State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Sep 25 (MA), last Oct 1 (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/2025/Consumer%20Letter%20-%20Sheheen%2C%20Hancock%20%26%20Godwin%2C%20LLP.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 1, 2025
Raw hash: f1e96451a54a94a0b8f4c3414b1d64bb767d935769cc8f99c7626de1a6199ab0

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySheheen, Hancock & Godwin, LLP.

Victim entitySheheen, Hancock & Godwin, LLP.

Incidentdiscovered May 19, 2025

Stated responseWorked to ensure the security of our computer systems

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov