HackingFinancial ServicesTechnologyFinanceStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedTargetedPIIFinancial accountMediumContained

Systems East, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 25, 2023

Filed

Nov 17, 2023

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

10,598state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Systems East, Inc. →

Systems East, Inc. notified South Carolina and other states that an unknown individual accessed its network on August 25, 2023, copying an encrypted database containing names and payment card information. The incident was stopped the same day. No SSN or driver's license data was involved. Card providers were notified.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due12 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 84 days

Aug 25, 2023

Begins

Aug 25, 2023

Discovered

Nov 17, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

This filing is one of 10 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_112c0a336a9f0b372023-11-16 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_336709c286ddb2892023-11-16 · +1dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_35d2d3bab9fb5f292023-11-16 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_3cd8525ae90d49352023-11-16 · +1dVerified

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 320d gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_4ae0481f42c6f6252023-11-16 · +1dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_9db41fccc59757642023-11-16 · +1dVerified
Washington State AGbd_dd9f817dec80faea2023-11-16 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_fe09656762736c342023-11-16 · +1dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_fa3f260c221a57e72023-01-01 · +320dCandidate

Name: Systems East, Inc.
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Name: Systems East, Inc.
norm: systems east
Industry: Financial ServicesllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Aug 25, 2023
Breach occurred: Aug 25, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 10,598state-resident count only
Data types: PIIFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Notified the payment card providers (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover)
Evaluating technical security measures and policies
Implemented enhancements to mitigate the risk of a matter like this reoccurring
Changes made: Implemented enhancements to mitigate the risk of a matter like this reoccurring
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(84 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 10 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

California State AG+319d

New Hampshire State AG+319d

Vermont State AG+319d

Maine State AG+319d

Massachusetts State AG+319d

Oregon State AG+319d

Washington State AG+319d

Montana State AG+319d

South Carolina State AG+320d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Nov 17 (SC) — a 320-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/SystemsEastInc.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 17, 2023
Raw hash: c8f36461d0b6c2db1ec1ee11f65c00a4559305b7df1c33205b24514dd78b2cc9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySystems East, Inc.

Victim entitySystems East, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 25, 2023

Stated responseNotified the payment card providers (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover)

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov