Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

StrateBen

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 3, 2025

Filed

Mar 26, 2026

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

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STRATeBEN, Inc. disclosed a phishing incident affecting 2 Vermont residents. An employee's Microsoft 365 account was compromised between August 14 and November 9, 2025, exposing names, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth. STRATeBEN secured the account, engaged a third-party cybersecurity firm, and mailed notifications on March 26, 2026, offering one year of credit monitoring.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday16 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 · 111 days

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 113 days

Aug 14, 2025

Begins

Dec 3, 2025

Discovered

Mar 26, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_127584b5595059be2026-03-26Verified

Name: StrateBen
norm: strateben
Domain: strateben.com

Name: StrateBen
norm: strateben
Domain: strateben.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 3, 2025
Breach occurred: Aug 14, 2025 – Nov 9, 2025
Undetected for: 111 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 26, 2026
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Implemented its incident response plan
Secured the account
Launched an investigation
A third-party cybersecurity firm was engaged to assist
Conducted a comprehensive review of the files
Mailing notification letters via First-Class mail to the Vermont residents
Offering one year of complimentary access to a credit monitoring and identity protection product
Established a dedicated, toll-free call center
Changes made: Taken steps to enhance its existing security protocols
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(113 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
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 · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGMar 26 · first

Vermont State AGMar 26 · first · this page

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2026-03-26-strateben-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 26, 2026
Raw hash: ad86d1ed15a26b8dd6810b3f52cdd8672eb74bba133e67c977c220d7c006cb02

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityStrateBen

Victim entityStrateBen

Incidentdiscovered Dec 3, 2025

Stated responseImplemented its incident response plan

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov