HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceDelayed DiscoveryCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

The AFTRA Retirement Fund

bd_fa4096d07033df3f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 28, 2019

Filed

Dec 16, 2020

To disclose

14 months

Affected

1,786state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for The AFTRA Retirement Fund →3 incidents on file

AFTRA Retirement Fund notified South Carolina and Rhode Island residents of a data breach involving unauthorized access to network files between October 24 and 28, 2019. The incident involved potential access to personal information, including names and government IDs. AFTRA engaged forensic specialists, implemented additional security safeguards, and offered 12 months of complimentary identity monitoring through Kroll. The investigation was completed in September 2020.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due14 months 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 · 4 days

discovery → filing · 14 months / 415 days

Oct 24, 2019

Begins

Oct 28, 2019

Discovered

Dec 16, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+51 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_0cbbc765ad20950a2020-12-16Candidate
Delaware State AGbd_7af2f32ab5167ef72020-12-16Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_571483ab76cd05592021-01-04 · +19dVerified

Name: The AFTRA Retirement Fund
norm: the aftra retirement

Name: The AFTRA Retirement Fund
norm: the aftra retirement
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 28, 2019
Breach occurred: Oct 24, 2019 – Oct 28, 2019
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 25, 2020
Affected individuals: 1,786state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: notified any required state or federal regulators of this incident
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the incident
Conducted with the assistance of a third-party forensic specialist
Notified the media and placed notice of the incident on its website
Reviewed its existing security measures and implemented additional safeguards
Notified any required state or federal regulators of this incident
Offering you access to 12 months of complimentary identity monitoring services through Kroll
Changes made: Reviewed its existing security measures and implemented additional safeguards to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 months(415 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 · 4 filings · 4 states

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Maine State AGDec 16 · first

Delaware State AGDec 16 · first

South Carolina State AGDec 16 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+19d

Pattern: first filing Dec 16 (ME), last Jan 4 (NH) — a 19-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/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2020/AFTRARetirementFund.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 16, 2020
Raw hash: 739f4926af4b40566cd9d3b737bf9b1205c865a2124dae10cbea798dddb44773

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe AFTRA Retirement Fund

Victim entityThe AFTRA Retirement Fund

Incidentdiscovered Oct 28, 2019

Stated responseLaunched an investigation into the nature and scope of the incident

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov