HackingProfessional ServicesFinancial ServicesProfessional ServicesVulnerability ExploitZero-DayData ExfiltratedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Consumer Reports

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 18, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Consumer Reports notifies Montana annuitants of a data breach involving third-party vendor Pension Benefit Information, LLC (PBI). PBI's MOVEit Transfer software was exploited via a zero-day vulnerability (May 29-30, 2023), exposing names, DOBs, SSNs, and state/zip codes. Consumer Reports confirmed its systems were not directly exposed but annuitant data was impacted via PBI/PNC. Notification sent August 18, 2023.

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Incident timeline

May 29, 2023

Begins

Aug 18, 2023

Filed

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

SEC 8-Kbd_fa21d75a8ae78d4e2023-06-05 · +74dCandidate

Name: Consumer Reports
norm: consumer reports

Name: Consumer Reports
norm: consumer reports
Industry: Professional ServicesllmFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: May 29, 2023 – May 30, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 18, 2023
Affected individuals: 1state-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
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Confirmed with PNC that PBI had remediated the software vulnerability
Confirmed their systems were not further impacted
Working with vendor to remediate this incident
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing information security policies and procedures
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 · 2 filings

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SEC 8-KJun 5 · first

Montana State AG+74d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jun 5, last Aug 18 (MT) — a 74-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-576.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 18, 2023
Raw hash: 33519591775f7861574da8253c3f1d5ef8739d318e1d5f528d302657f1fc1f31

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityConsumer Reports

Victim entityConsumer Reports

IncidentThird-Party / Supply Chain

Stated responseConfirmed with PNC that PBI had remediated the software vulnerability

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov