HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Loren D. Stark Company

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Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 18, 2022

Filed

Aug 23, 2023

To disclose

44 weeks

Affected

1,522state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for Loren D. Stark Company →

Loren D. Stark Company, a retirement plan consulting firm, notified South Carolina residents of a cybersecurity incident on October 18, 2022, involving unauthorized access to systems. The incident potentially exposed full names and Social Security numbers. The company secured its network, engaged third-party forensic investigators, and determined on June 16, 2023, that affected individuals' data was present on compromised files. Affected individuals were offered Equifax Credit Watch Gold services.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due44 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 44 weeks / 309 days

Oct 18, 2022

Begins

Oct 18, 2022

Discovered

Aug 23, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+25 wks slower

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_8970579e7ce93abb2023-08-22 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_9d59217bd4ac2f772023-08-11 · +12dVerified
Montana State AGbd_a06d159a925776c22023-08-05 · +18dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_0a7f3bb681c6228e2023-08-04 · +19dVerified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 19d gap

California State AGbd_13fb89d1966d8b012023-08-04 · +19dCandidate
Vermont State AGbd_2f0d72e5b8344ef32023-08-04 · +19dVerified
Maine State AGbd_e4474ca6b746f53a2023-08-04 · +19dVerified by operator

Name: Loren D. Stark Company
norm: loren d stark

Name: Loren D. Stark Company
norm: loren d stark
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 18, 2022
Breach occurred: Oct 18, 2022
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 16, 2023
Affected individuals: 1,522state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the network environment
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation in consultation with third-party cybersecurity professionals
Providing you access to credit monitoring and identity protection services through Equifax Credit Watch Gold
Changes made: Taken steps to further protect unauthorized access to individual records
Continually evaluate and modify our practices to enhance the security and privacy of the personal information in our possession
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 44 weeks(309 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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Indiana State AGAug 4 · first

California State AGAug 4 · first

Vermont State AGAug 4 · first

Maine State AGAug 4 · first

Montana State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Massachusetts State AG+18d

South Carolina State AG+19d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 4 (IN), last Aug 23 (SC) — 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/Security%20Breach%20Notices/LorenDStarkCompany.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 23, 2023
Raw hash: ece07f4effcd233cf3d4becc7202348f6c43553b2ff069e4a18bffb1bd1f56c7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLoren D. Stark Company

Victim entityLoren D. Stark Company

Incidentdiscovered Oct 18, 2022

Stated responseSecured the network environment

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov