HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceVulnerability ExploitSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Pension Benefit Information, LLC

bd_12a60db0c295b267 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 31, 2023

Filed

Aug 4, 2023

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

78 filings

Confidence

65%

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

Pension Benefit Information (PBI), a third-party service provider for Transamerica Life Insurance Company, experienced a data breach due to an exploited vulnerability in Progress Software's MOVEit Transfer software. An unauthorized third party accessed PBI's server on May 29-30, 2023, and downloaded data. PBI discovered the vulnerability on May 31, 2023. Affected data includes personal identifiable information such as names, addresses, and potentially Social Security numbers. PBI has patched servers, investigated the incident, and is offering 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Kroll to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 65 days

May 29, 2023

Begins

May 31, 2023

Discovered

Aug 4, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 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 →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_a8e1e642699a092d2023-09-01 · +28dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_e7b97bfb552d05992023-09-15 · +42dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_a1e18d6a91a9c2642023-09-18 · +45dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_83b0b7e92e935f832023-09-19 · +46dVerified by operator

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 231d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_37d305ef794986a72023-09-22 · +49dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_bfdddb738587af7e2023-09-25 · +52dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_a6e5644826fd8b212023-09-26 · +53dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_79b9877e3d9483002023-09-28 · +55dVerified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_0cfce55dc81593cd2024-03-22 · +231dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_446f6dca6655bc6e2024-03-22 · +231dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 77 linked disclosures.

Name: Transamerica Life Insurance Company
norm: transamerica life insurance
Domain: tlic.transamerica.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: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Third party: via Progress Software
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Patched servers
Investigated and assessed the security of our systems
Notified potentially affected customers and individuals associated with those customers
Offering 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: 9 weeks(65 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 3 states

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California State AGAug 4 · first · this page

California State AG+28d

California State AG+42d

California State AG+45d

California State AG+46d

New Hampshire State AG+49d

California State AG+52d

New Hampshire State AG+53d

New Hampshire State AG+55d

Vermont State AG+231d

New Hampshire State AG+231d

Pattern: first filing Aug 4 (CA), last Mar 22 (NH) — a 231-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-571343
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 4, 2023
Raw hash: b70bfadfd55fcf381db0d31f13c87a98cc7e14d2af15a671d171ba960e356f53

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTransamerica Life Insurance Company

Victim entityPension Benefit Information, LLC

Incidentdiscovered May 31, 2023

Stated responsePatched servers

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov