HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Strategic Benefits Advisors, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 19, 2021

Filed

Nov 5, 2021

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Strategic Benefits Advisors, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Strategic Benefits Advisors, Inc. experienced a criminal cyberattack on September 18, 2021, discovered on September 19, 2021. A limited number of files were accessed or acquired, potentially exposing names, Social Security numbers, addresses, and dates of birth. The company secured systems, investigated the incident, reported to law enforcement, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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California clockDiscovered Sep 19, 2021 → Notified Nov 5, 202147d ✓ CA 60-day OK7 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 47 days

Sep 18, 2021

Begins

Sep 19, 2021

Discovered

Nov 5, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

South Carolina State AGbd_eea9a1cc29958d4e2021-11-08 · +3dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_b78dcbba40f9449f2021-11-01 · +4dVerified
Montana State AGbd_757fc0172a308c292021-11-12 · +7dVerified
Maine State AGbd_ec306f1e59a5016e2021-11-12 · +7dVerified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 17d gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_9fcc52b918a8d9a42021-10-28 · +8dVerified
Maine State AGbd_ee70dc26578ff3cb2021-10-28 · +8dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_c0f1e7ae47b4c21b2021-10-19 · +17dVerified

Name: Strategic Benefits Advisors, Inc.
norm: strategic benefits advisors

Name: Strategic Benefits Advisors, Inc.
norm: strategic benefits advisors
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 19, 2021
Breach occurred: Sep 18, 2021
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 5, 2021
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported this incident to law enforcement

During the incident: Took steps to secure our systems
Commenced an investigation into the nature and scope of the incident
Reported this incident to law enforcement
Providing identity theft and credit monitoring protection services for 24 months through Experian at no cost
Changes made: Commenced a review of existing security policies
Implementing additional measures and enhanced security tools to further protect information in our systems
Implementing additional safeguards
Providing additional training to our employees on data privacy and security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(47 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 47d
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: Sep 19, 2021
→ Notified: Nov 5, 2021
47d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Sep 19, 2021 → Notified: Nov 5, 2021	47d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 7 states

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Indiana State AGOct 19 · first

Massachusetts State AG+9d

Maine State AG+9d

New Hampshire State AG+13d

California State AG+17d · this page

South Carolina State AG+20d

Montana State AG+24d

Maine State AG+24d

Pattern: first filing Oct 19 (IN), last Nov 12 (ME) — a 24-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-547258
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 5, 2021
Raw hash: c31ac4a3433ed591dd6967f483c96ba4fe9e677bb41a0eafae0377d4b527902f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityStrategic Benefits Advisors, Inc.

Victim entityStrategic Benefits Advisors, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 19, 2021

Stated responseTook steps to secure our systems

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov