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

The Global Atlantic Financial Group LLC

bd_2fd32b32e3e18818 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 7, 2023

Filed

Aug 14, 2023

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for The Global Atlantic Financial Group LLC →3 incidents on file

The Global Atlantic Financial Group LLC notified California residents of a data breach involving a third-party vendor, Pension Benefits Information LLC (PBI). Cyber criminals exploited an unknown vulnerability in PBI's MOVEit file transfer application, accessing data on May 29-30, 2023. Global Atlantic was notified on June 7, 2023. The incident impacted policyholder data, including personal identifiable information. The company engaged experts, reported to authorities, and offered two years of Experian IdentityWorks to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Jun 7, 2023 → Notified Jul 28, 202351d ✓ CA 60-day OK10 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 9 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 68 days

May 29, 2023

Begins

Jun 7, 2023

Discovered

Aug 14, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

This filing is one of 9 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Pension Benefit Information, LLC supply-chain incident (2023) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_017dc421aa010bff2023-08-08 · +6dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_5a405b4a1cd3139a2023-08-08 · +6dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_b23f92429171a6e12023-08-21 · +7dVerified by operator
Hawaii State AGbd_1494f54bf2a0d7e22023-08-24 · +10dVerified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 31d gap

Delaware State AGbd_996dba95423b35582023-07-28 · +17dVerified by operator
Washington State AGbd_d6b173a65da2adf52023-07-28 · +17dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_ec0c41bc3c39285a2023-07-28 · +17dVerified
Hawaii State AGbd_015fbc1ff94f7b262023-09-14 · +31dVerified

Name: The Global Atlantic Financial Group LLC
norm: the global atlantic financial
Domain: globalatlantic.com

Name: The Global Atlantic Financial Group LLC
norm: the global atlantic financial
Domain: globalatlantic.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 7, 2023
Breach occurred: May 29, 2023 – May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 9 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 28, 2023
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
Regulator citations: Reported the incident to the appropriate authorities
Third party: via Pension Benefits Information LLC
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Engaged outside experts
Worked with PBI to understand the nature and scope of information impacted
Reported the incident to the appropriate authorities
Offering a complimentary two-year membership in Experian’s IdentityWorks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(68 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 51d
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: Jun 7, 2023
→ Notified: Jul 28, 2023
51d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jun 7, 2023 → Notified: Jul 28, 2023	51d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗

Delaware State AGJul 28 · first

Washington State AGJul 28 · first

Indiana State AGJul 28 · first

Oregon State AG+11d

Massachusetts State AG+11d

California State AG+17d · this page

South Carolina State AG+24d

Hawaii State AG+27d

Hawaii State AG+48d

Pattern: first filing Jul 28 (DE), last Sep 14 (HI) — a 48-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/sb24-571816
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 14, 2023
Raw hash: c7f3aa8fee6d043f11fe1dadafbc701e65662cc96226cd2e378106bb1d658297

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Global Atlantic Financial Group LLC

Victim entityThe Global Atlantic Financial Group LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jun 7, 2023

Stated responseEngaged outside experts

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov