HackingFinancial ServicesTechnologyFinanceVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Athene Annuity and Life Company

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Severity

High

Discovered

May 31, 2023

Filed

Jul 25, 2023

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

3,023state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Athene Annuity and Life Company →

Pension Benefit Information, LLC (PBI) disclosed a third-party software event involving the MOVEit Transfer vulnerability exploited by an unauthorized third party. The attacker accessed PBI servers on May 29-30, 2023, downloading data belonging to individuals associated with Athene insurance companies. PBI patched servers, investigated, and is offering 12 months of identity monitoring. No identity theft was known at the time of notice.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due8 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 55 days

May 29, 2023

Begins

May 31, 2023

Discovered

Jul 25, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_412a74f9cc3f2b392023-07-20 · +5dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_9db8f1fe1e4262e72023-01-01 · +205dCandidate

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

Name: Athene Annuity and Life Company
norm: athene annuity and life
Industry: Financial ServicesllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: May 31, 2023
Breach occurred: May 29, 2023 – May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3,023state-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
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Promptly took steps to 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 you access to 12 months of complimentary identity monitoring services through Kroll
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing our information security policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(55 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Montana State AG+200d

South Carolina State AG+205d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jul 25 (SC) — a 205-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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Security%20Breach%20Notices/AtheneAnnuityandLifeInsurance.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 25, 2023
Raw hash: 9bfc9b9b3e75586362271789d6b265ce0e073989a740ee3eba5d5eed3f152c26

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPension Benefit Information, LLC

Victim entityAthene Annuity and Life Company

Incidentdiscovered May 31, 2023

Stated responsePromptly took steps to patch servers

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov