HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Hallier Benefit Advisors

bd_197d2c6fdb09f4c1 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 26, 2019

Filed

Jan 15, 2020

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Hallier Benefit Advisors →

Hallier Benefit Advisors notified Montana residents of a data security incident where an unauthorized individual accessed an employee email account containing personal information. The incident was detected on September 26, 2019. HBA engaged forensic investigators, notified the FBI, and offered credit monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 111 days

Sep 26, 2019

Discovered

Jan 15, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_ac68a8063790a3692020-01-16 · +1dVerified

Name: Hallier Benefit Advisors
norm: hallier benefit advisors

Name: Hallier Benefit Advisors
norm: hallier benefit advisors
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 26, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported this matter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged a leading, independent forensics firm to determine what happened
Reported this matter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Offering complementary credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through Kroll
Changes made: Implemented enhanced security measures applicable to our email system
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(111 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGJan 15 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+1d

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Breach-NotificationDetails-99.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 15, 2020
Raw hash: ed1679374ebbaa43df66f2ac40db7512f70fa4f4325e012d8df923f618ad8556

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHallier Benefit Advisors

Victim entityHallier Benefit Advisors

Incidentdiscovered Sep 26, 2019

Stated responseEngaged a leading, independent forensics firm to determine what happened

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov