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HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsBECCustomer Data InvolvedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

The Board of Pensions of The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

bd_47f1837e0af2fd6b · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 1, 2017

Filed

Dec 11, 2017

To disclose

10 days

Affected · nationwide

111 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%
Full breach record for The Board of Pensions of The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) →

The Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) disclosed that on December 1, 2017, unauthorized actors gained access to the Benefits Connect portal using valid credentials. In 11 instances, pensioner contact and bank account information was altered, and direct deposits were diverted. The organization notified law enforcement, implemented additional controls, and provided 12 months of identity protection services to affected individuals.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 days

Dec 1, 2017

Begins

Dec 1, 2017

Discovered

Dec 11, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
Montana State AGDec 11 · first · this page
Massachusetts State AG+8d

Pattern: first filing Dec 11 (MT), last Dec 19 (MA) — a 8-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.