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Educators Benefit Consultants

bd_50c401a3d66cd865 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 22, 2024

Filed

Aug 9, 2024

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

20state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Educators Benefit Consultants →

Educators Benefit Consultants, LLC (dba Aviben) notified individuals of a data security incident detected on February 22, 2024. An unauthorized third party exploited a zero-day vulnerability in software used by an external IT provider to infiltrate the network. The incident may have exposed names, SSNs, DOBs, driver's license numbers, financial account numbers, military IDs, and passport numbers. The company engaged forensic investigators and is offering 12 months of credit monitoring via TransUnion.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 169 days

Feb 22, 2024

Discovered

Aug 9, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+16 wks slower

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 3d gap

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗
Vermont State AGAug 6 · first
Indiana State AGAug 6 · first
New Hampshire State AG+3d
California State AG+3d
Massachusetts State AG+3d
Maine 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.