HackingTechnologyInformationVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Coalesce, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 2, 2025

Filed

Mar 23, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

17state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Coalesce, LLC →3 incidents on file

Coalesce LLC dba BenefitElect notified Nebraska residents of a data breach involving unauthorized access to FTP systems via a Crush FTP vulnerability. Files containing names, addresses, DOBs, and SSNs were exfiltrated between March 30-31, 2025. BenefitElect discovered the activity on April 2, 2025, and notified 17 Nebraska residents on March 23, 2026. Response included forensic investigation, system hardening, and consumer guidance on credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

Mar 30, 2025

Begins

Apr 2, 2025

Discovered

Mar 23, 2026

Filed

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_59c616a3beb55b432026-03-23Verified
Vermont State AGbd_62ea993029fbd3e32026-03-23Verified
California State AGbd_6c725b630db75cfb2026-03-23Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_7a6875a07dbc71352026-03-23Verified

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Texas State AGbd_c295aef51e8304732026-03-23Verified by operator
Illinois State AGbd_a349cf4d0f366fcd2026-03-01 · +22dVerified

Name: Coalesce, LLC
norm: coalesce

Name: Coalesce, LLC
norm: coalesce
Also named: Coalesce, LLCdba oflegal entity
BenefitElectdba oftrade name
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Apr 2, 2025
Breach occurred: Mar 30, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 23, 2026
Affected individuals: 17state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: providing written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Review and secure its systems
Began a comprehensive investigation to confirm the full nature, scope, and impact of the activity
Undertook a time-intensive review of the impacted data with the assistance of additional data privacy specialists to identify the individuals whose information may have been impacted
Notified certain customers whose information was impacted
Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing individuals with information on how to place a fraud alert and security freeze on one’s credit file
Providing individuals with information on how to obtain a free credit report
Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators
Providing written notice of this incident to the three major credit reporting agencies
Changes made: Reviewing existing security policies
Implemented additional cybersecurity measures to further protect against similar events moving forward
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Illinois State AGMar 1 · first

New Hampshire State AG+22d

Vermont State AG+22d

California State AG+22d

Indiana State AG+22d

Texas State AG+22d

Nebraska State AG+22d · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 1 (IL), last Mar 23 (NE) — a 22-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://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/dbc23388-d4b9-43a2-83f7-8cd150823c13.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 23, 2026
Raw hash: 2915f38ec03574fb8f1fb7bdc985c5683cee6005c1fcb5c4076408045af9ab7a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCoalesce, LLC

Victim entityCoalesce, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Apr 2, 2025

Stated responseReview and secure its systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov