HackingIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 22, 2023

Filed

Jul 18, 2023

To disclose

26 days

Affected · nationwide

57510 in this filing

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. →

A subcontractor for the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc., Pension Benefit, LLC, was impacted by a data breach. The incident, described as an external system breach or hacking, compromised the names and Social Security numbers of 575 individuals, including 10 residents of Maine. The breach occurred on May 29, 2023, and was discovered on June 22, 2023. Affected individuals were notified on July 21, 2023, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Kroll.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jun 22, 2023 → Filed with AG Jul 18, 202326d ✓ ME AG ≤30d26 days discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 24 days

discovery → filing · 26 days

May 29, 2023

Begins

Jun 22, 2023

Discovered

Jul 18, 2023

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed575 affectedView incident

Name: American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
norm: american civil liberties union

Name: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.
norm: pension benefit guaranty

Discovered: Jun 22, 2023
Breach occurred: May 29, 2023
Undetected for: 24 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 21, 2023
Affected individuals: 575state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain

Changes made: Offered 24 months of credit monitoring, identity theft restoration, and fraud consultation services through Kroll.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 days(26 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 26d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jun 22, 2023
→ Filed with AG: Jul 18, 2023
26d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jun 22, 2023 → Filed with AG: Jul 18, 2023	26d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/7d40dc71-f561-4c3f-a698-6b60d05febcb.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 18, 2023
Raw hash: d1ee54ed05fde5073d58f18863e297fcb4904bd6b0cb774418564c758f214229

Reporting entityAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation

Victim entityPension Benefit Guaranty Corp.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 22, 2023

Stated responseOffered 24 months of credit monitoring, identity theft restoration, and fraud consultation services through Kroll.

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov