HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)MediumContained

Diversified Benefit Services Insurance Marketing, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 7, 2025

Filed

Jan 21, 2026

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%

Diversified Benefit Services Insurance Marketing, Inc. reported that an unauthorized actor gained access to its email system on August 7, 2025, potentially downloading emails and files containing names, Social Security Numbers, and health insurance information. The company secured the environment, engaged forensic experts, and is offering credit monitoring and fraud assistance to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Aug 7, 2025 → Notified Jan 20, 2026166d ✗ CA 60-day late24 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 167 days

Aug 7, 2025

Begins

Aug 7, 2025

Discovered

Jan 21, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

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

Name: Diversified Benefit Services Insurance Marketing, Inc.
norm: diversified benefit services insurance marketing

Name: Diversified Benefit Services Insurance Marketing, Inc.
norm: diversified benefit services insurance marketing
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 7, 2025
Breach occurred: Aug 7, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 20, 2026
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Took immediate steps to secure the environment
Launched an investigation, aided by outside cybersecurity experts
Implemented measures to enhance the security of our email environment going forward
Changes made: Offering access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing proactive fraud assistance through Cyberscout
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(167 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 166dCA AG copy ≤15d · 1d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Aug 7, 2025
→ Notified: Jan 20, 2026
166d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late
California
Consumers notified: Jan 20, 2026
→ AG copy submitted: Jan 21, 2026
1d 15 calendar days CA AG copy ≤15d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Aug 7, 2025 → Notified: Jan 20, 2026	166d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late
California	Consumers notified: Jan 20, 2026 → AG copy submitted: Jan 21, 2026	1d	15 calendar days	CA AG copy ≤15d

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-617391
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 21, 2026
Raw hash: acc465552353e29d708388d7fdeb6a90e49ce9d9bbea29423cabb076b9c38d20

Reporting entityDiversified Benefit Services Insurance Marketing, Inc.

Victim entityDiversified Benefit Services Insurance Marketing, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 7, 2025

Stated responseTook immediate steps to secure the environment

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov