HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Pension Benefit Information, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 31, 2023

Filed

Mar 22, 2024

To disclose

42 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

78 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Pension Benefit Information, LLC →18 incidents on file

Pension Benefit Information, LLC (PBI) notified consumers of a data breach involving its MOVEit Transfer server, exploited by a third party on May 29-30, 2023. The incident involved the exfiltration of personal information, including names and government identifiers. PBI patched systems, engaged in investigation, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring via Kroll. The breach stems from a vulnerability in Progress Software's MOVEit product.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday42 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 · 2 days

discovery → filing · 42 weeks / 296 days

May 29, 2023

Begins

May 31, 2023

Discovered

Mar 22, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+34 wks slower

This filing is one of 78 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Progress Software Corporation supply-chain incident (2023) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

A leak claim by cl0p about this victim predates this filing by 240 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_446f6dca6655bc6e2024-03-22Verified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_79b9877e3d9483002023-09-28 · +176dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_a6e5644826fd8b212023-09-26 · +178dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_bfdddb738587af7e2023-09-25 · +179dVerified by operator

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 204d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_37d305ef794986a72023-09-22 · +182dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_83b0b7e92e935f832023-09-19 · +185dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_a1e18d6a91a9c2642023-09-18 · +186dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_e7b97bfb552d05992023-09-15 · +189dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_a8e1e642699a092d2023-09-01 · +203dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_b69424490ab506fe2023-08-31 · +204dVerified

Showing first 10 of 77 linked disclosures.

Name: Pension Benefit Information, LLC
norm: pension benefit information
Domain: mypensionbenefitinformation.com

Name: Pension Benefit Information, LLC
norm: pension benefit information
Domain: mypensionbenefitinformation.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: May 31, 2023
Breach occurred: May 29, 2023 – May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 22, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Patch servers
Investigate
Assess the security of our systems
Notify potentially affected customers and individuals
Offering you access to 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Kroll
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing our information security policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 42 weeks(296 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bdayLeak >180d
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 · 11 filings · 3 states

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California State AGAug 31 · first

California State AG+1d

California State AG+15d

California State AG+18d

California State AG+19d

New Hampshire State AG+22d

California State AG+25d

New Hampshire State AG+26d

New Hampshire State AG+28d

New Hampshire State AG+204d

Vermont State AG+204d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 31 (CA), last Mar 22 (VT) — a 204-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 77 — the full spread may be wider.

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/2024-03-22-iatse-staff-retirement-and-national-pension-funds-progress-software-moveit-data-breach-0
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 22, 2024
Raw hash: 637caf008521357968372675e7ca98568ba2565d00be003971ce466b625c3d41

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPension Benefit Information, LLC

Victim entityPension Benefit Information, LLC

Incidentdiscovered May 31, 2023

Stated responsePatch servers

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov