HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada

bd_4069c6fee9aa7a02 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 23, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

4,971state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada →4 incidents on file

Pension Benefit Information, LLC (PBI) notified South Carolina and other jurisdictions of a data breach involving the MOVEit Transfer software vulnerability exploited in May 2023. An unauthorized third party accessed a PBI server on May 29-30, 2023, downloading data including names and other PII. PBI patched servers, investigated, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

Incident timeline

May 29, 2023

Begins

Aug 23, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 7 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

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_500b8c615d2fdb8f2023-08-23Verified
Delaware State AGbd_5a81a9b3803e493c2023-08-23Verified
Oregon State AGbd_9f15b58e2b3344f62023-08-23Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_c32a29fb2d85c3a02023-08-23Verified

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Hawaii State AGbd_9fd1580b816758ab2023-08-22 · +1dCandidate
California State AGbd_69b02d7eb4f6f7832023-08-21 · +2dVerified

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

Name: Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
norm: sun life assurance company of canada
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: May 29, 2023 – May 30, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 7, 2023
Affected individuals: 4,971state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
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 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: SC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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California State AGAug 21 · first

Hawaii State AG+1d

Washington State AG+2d

Delaware State AG+2d

Oregon State AG+2d

Massachusetts State AG+2d

South Carolina State AG+2d · this page

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/SunLife110723.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 23, 2023
Raw hash: 9a46c4bc1c546d209fd3dbc862e4f8630fcdf3a9eff236dd09337356c5ac6b31

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPension Benefit Information, LLC

Victim entitySun Life Assurance Company of Canada

IncidentThird-Party / Supply Chain

Stated responsePromptly took steps to patch servers

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov