HackingFinancial ServicesTechnologyFinanceVulnerability ExploitCapture Stored DataSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

The Colorado State University System

bd_32d0b46dab913a85 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 16, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

340state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The Colorado State University System →2 incidents on file

Pension Benefit Information, LLC (PBI) disclosed a data breach involving the MOVEit Transfer software vulnerability exploited by an unauthorized third party on May 29-30, 2023. The attacker downloaded PII, including names and government IDs, from PBI servers. PBI patched systems, investigated, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring. The incident is linked to the global Progress Software MOVEit vulnerability.

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Incident timeline

May 29, 2023

Begins

Jul 16, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Progress Software Corporation supply-chain incident (2023) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_82d87ba1222f93e52023-07-13 · +3dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_85a691363233b3f02023-07-12 · +4dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_2bbe91f60022e01e2023-08-12 · +27dVerified
Maine State AGbd_7f9f1e65e6466ece2023-08-16 · +31dVerified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_3d26be5ba564a8c22023-08-17 · +32dVerified

Name: Pension Benefit Information, LLC
norm: pension benefit information
Domain: mypensionbenefitinformation.com

Name: The Colorado State University System
norm: the colorado state university system
Domain: colostate.edu
Industry: Financial ServicesllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: May 29, 2023 – May 30, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 340state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Third party: via Progress Software
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Patch servers
Investigate
Assess the security of our systems
Notify potentially affected customers and individuals
Reviewing and enhancing our information security policies and procedures
Offering 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Kroll
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing our information security policies and procedures
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 · 6 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGJul 12 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Washington State AG+4d · this page

Oregon State AG+31d

Maine State AG+35d

Massachusetts State AG+36d

Pattern: first filing Jul 12 (IN), last Aug 17 (MA) — a 36-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA25854.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 16, 2023
Raw hash: 76a437591b4c14dcd353f648a25896c09d13011f07b169edccdc9685e7441167

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPension Benefit Information, LLC

Victim entityThe Colorado State University System

IncidentThird-Party / Supply Chain

Stated responsePatch servers

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com