HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesVulnerability ExploitCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Pension Benefit Information, LLC

bd_44187c276862f7b9 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

May 31, 2023

Filed

Aug 7, 2023

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Pension Benefit Information, LLC (PBI) notified Montana residents of a data breach involving MOVEit Transfer software. An unauthorized third party exploited a vulnerability in MOVEit to access a server on May 29-30, 2023 and downloaded data containing names and other personal information. PBI patched servers, investigated, and is offering credit monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 68 days

May 29, 2023

Begins

May 31, 2023

Discovered

Aug 7, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

10 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_0619f256a4ab6ad32023-08-07Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_4a3c16fc6125a58b2023-08-04 · +3dVerified
Maine State AGbd_a53ca58bb1e0dd5d2023-08-04 · +3dVerified

Name: Pension Benefit Information, LLC
norm: pension benefit information

Name: Pension Benefit Information, LLC
norm: pension benefit information
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 31, 2023
Breach occurred: May 29, 2023 – May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 17, 2023
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
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 12/24 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.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(68 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Massachusetts State AGAug 4 · first

Maine State AGAug 4 · first

Indiana State AG+3d

Montana State AG+3d · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-517.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 7, 2023
Raw hash: 9d20d98aeb289fe56d082814ae433349ba95bd6cd765f10dec68821fc37d8ff4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPension Benefit Information, LLC

Victim entityPension Benefit Information, LLC

Incidentdiscovered May 31, 2023

Stated responsePromptly took steps to patch servers

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov