HackingProfessional ServicesFinancial ServicesProfessional ServicesVulnerability ExploitCapture Stored DataSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Pension Benefit Information, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 31, 2023

Filed

Mar 22, 2024

To disclose

42 weeks

Affected

15state residents only

Linked

78 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Pension Benefit Information, LLC →18 incidents on file

Pension Benefit Information, LLC (PBI) notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a cybersecurity incident involving MOVEit Transfer software. An unauthorized third party exploited a vulnerability in MOVEit to access PBI's transfer servers on May 29-30, 2023, downloading data. PBI discovered the vulnerability around May 31, 2023. The incident affected 15 New Hampshire residents associated with the I.A.T.S.E. Staff Retirement and National Pension Funds. PBI patched servers, conducted manual reviews, and offered credit monitoring services.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d42 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 42 weeks / 296 days

May 29, 2023

Begins

May 31, 2023

Discovered

Jul 7, 2023

Scope determined

Mar 22, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+25 wks slower

This filing is one of 78 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 →

A leak claim by cl0p about this victim predates this filing by 240 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_0cfce55dc81593cd2024-03-22Verified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_79b9877e3d9483002023-09-28 · +176dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_a6e5644826fd8b212023-09-26 · +178dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_bfdddb738587af7e2023-09-25 · +179dVerified by operator

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 204d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_37d305ef794986a72023-09-22 · +182dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_83b0b7e92e935f832023-09-19 · +185dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_a1e18d6a91a9c2642023-09-18 · +186dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_e7b97bfb552d05992023-09-15 · +189dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_a8e1e642699a092d2023-09-01 · +203dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_b69424490ab506fe2023-08-31 · +204dVerified

Showing first 10 of 77 linked disclosures.

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

Name: Pension Benefit Information, LLC
norm: pension benefit information
Domain: mypensionbenefitinformation.com
Industry: Professional ServicesllmFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: May 31, 2023
Breach occurred: May 29, 2023 – May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Jul 7, 2023
Notification sent: Sep 21, 2023
Affected individuals: 15state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General John Formella
Third party: via Progress Software (MOVEit Transfer)
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Promptly launched an investigation to evaluate the impact on PBI’s systems and data
Manually reviewed the files to determine the identities of individuals involved in the incident
Began mailing notification letters to the involved individuals
Offered eligible individuals a complimentary subscription of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Kroll
Patched servers
Assessed the security of our systems
Notify potentially affected customers and individuals associated with those customers
Reviewing and enhancing our information security policies and procedures
Changes made: Patched servers
Reviewing and enhancing our information security policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 42 weeks(296 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗

California State AGAug 31 · first

California State AG+1d

California State AG+15d

California State AG+18d

California State AG+19d

New Hampshire State AG+22d

California State AG+25d

New Hampshire State AG+26d

New Hampshire State AG+28d

Vermont State AG+204d

New Hampshire State AG+204d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 31 (CA), last Mar 22 (NH) — a 204-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 77 — the full spread may be wider.

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/i-a-t-s-e-staff-retirement-national-pension-fund-pension-benefit-info-20240322.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 22, 2024
Raw hash: 6d251b2de5eae8362f51036b30753dd1f76263aeb3ef5aa2e470521cfb57f54e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPension Benefit Information, LLC

Victim entityPension Benefit Information, LLC

Incidentdiscovered May 31, 2023

Stated responsePromptly launched an investigation to evaluate the impact on PBI’s systems and data

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov