HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Benefits Partner, LLC

bd_10aac3957962cece · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 9, 2024

Filed

Apr 7, 2025

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Benefits Partner, LLC →

Benefits Partner, LLC (dba Salus Group) notified consumers of unauthorized access to an employee's email account on October 9, 2024. The company identified suspicious activity, disabled the account, and engaged forensic investigators. A review determined that emails containing personal information, including names, addresses, and potentially Social Security numbers, were accessed. The company implemented additional email security controls and offered identity monitoring services to affected individuals.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday26 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 180 days

Oct 9, 2024

Begins

Oct 9, 2024

Discovered

Apr 7, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+8 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Nebraska State AGbd_40d3769d82ef8e962025-04-07Verified
Washington State AGbd_e5cfb6bd94dd69c82025-04-07Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_21d033e635fe3eb72025-04-08 · +1dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_71ad8b125e8f6fa02025-04-01 · +6dVerified

Name: Benefits Partner, LLC
norm: benefits partner

Name: Benefits Partner, LLC
norm: benefits partner
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 9, 2024
Breach occurred: Oct 9, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 27, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Disabled the compromised employee email account
Reset the employee's password
Engaged a third-party forensic firm to assist with the investigation
Conducted a comprehensive review of the contents of the email account
Implemented additional security controls in our email environment
Providing employees with further training on how to identify and avoid suspicious emails
Offering complimentary identity monitoring services through Kroll
Changes made: Implemented additional security controls in our email environment
Providing employees with further training on how to identify and avoid suspicious emails
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 weeks(180 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
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 · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Illinois State AGApr 1 · first

Nebraska State AG+6d

Washington State AG+6d

Vermont State AG+6d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Apr 1 (IL), last Apr 8 (MA) — a 7-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-04-07-benefits-partner-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 7, 2025
Raw hash: 4a2e1183431d257a2eda1e1212986608c5183e36cf650b9c22adc0b93852d604

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBenefits Partner, LLC

Victim entityBenefits Partner, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Oct 9, 2024

Stated responseDisabled the compromised employee email account

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov