HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)MediumContained

Benefits Partner, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 9, 2024

Filed

Apr 7, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

27state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Benefits Partner, LLC →

Benefits Partner LLC (dba Salus Group), an insurance agency, disclosed a security incident on October 9, 2024, involving unauthorized access to a single employee's email account. The actor accessed the account, but it was unclear which emails were viewed. Approximately 27 Nebraska residents were affected, with data including names, SSNs, driver's license numbers, financial account info, and health insurance info. Salus disabled the account, reset passwords, engaged forensic investigators, and notified affected individuals starting April 7, 2025, offering credit monitoring via Kroll.

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Incident timeline

Oct 9, 2024

Begins

Oct 9, 2024

Discovered

Apr 7, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_10aac3957962cece2025-04-07Verified
Washington State AGbd_e5cfb6bd94dd69c82025-04-07Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_21d033e635fe3eb72025-04-08 · +1dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_71ad8b125e8f6fa02025-04-01 · +6dVerified

Name: Benefits Partner, LLC
norm: benefits partner

Name: Benefits Partner, LLC
norm: benefits partner
Also named: Benefits Partner, LLCdba oflegal entity
Salus Groupdba oftrade name
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 9, 2024
Breach occurred: Oct 9, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 7, 2025
Affected individuals: 27state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Disabled the account
Reset the employee’s password
Began an investigation with the assistance of a third-party forensic firm
Conducted a comprehensive review of the contents of the email account
Began notifying applicable data owners (i.e., employer group health plans and insurance carrier partners)
Began mailing notification letters via USPS First-Class mail to the Nebraska residents
Offering individuals a complimentary membership to credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Kroll
Established a dedicated, toll-free call center
Changes made: Made security enhancements to its email environment
Implemented additional security controls in our email environment
Providing employees with further training on how to identify and avoid suspicious emails
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 · 5 filings · 5 states

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Illinois State AGApr 1 · first

Vermont State AG+6d

Washington State AG+6d

Nebraska State AG+6d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Apr 1 (IL), last Apr 8 (MA) — a 7-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://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/9d9d7c50-8421-4b4c-be53-4925e4af3ada.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 7, 2025
Raw hash: 661b1282ed71b06f6369874918500dfcdd6291e2b1984712457bbcf4d8753c85

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBenefits Partner, LLC

Victim entityBenefits Partner, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Oct 9, 2024

Stated responseDisabled the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov