HackingFinancial ServicesTechnologyFinanceVulnerability ExploitCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Coalesce, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 2, 2025

Filed

Mar 23, 2026

To disclose

51 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Coalesce, LLC →3 incidents on file

Supplemental notice from Coalesce LLC dba BenefitElect to NH AG regarding unauthorized access to FTP systems via Crush FTP vulnerability. Files copied March 30-31, 2025. Incident discovered April 2, 2025. Data included names, SSNs, DOBs, addresses. 2 NH residents notified in this supplemental wave.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 51 weeks / 355 days

Mar 30, 2025

Begins

Apr 2, 2025

Discovered

Mar 23, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+42 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Nebraska State AGbd_19542bc537a5f7992026-03-23Verified
Vermont State AGbd_62ea993029fbd3e32026-03-23Verified
California State AGbd_6c725b630db75cfb2026-03-23Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_7a6875a07dbc71352026-03-23Verified

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Texas State AGbd_c295aef51e8304732026-03-23Verified by operator
Illinois State AGbd_a349cf4d0f366fcd2026-03-01 · +22dVerified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Coalesce, LLC
norm: coalesce
Also named: Coalesce, LLCdba oflegal entity
BenefitElectdba oftrade name
Industry: Financial ServicesllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Apr 2, 2025
Breach occurred: Mar 30, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 23, 2026
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Supplementing October 15, 2025 notice to New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Moved quickly to investigate and respond to the incident
Assessed the security of BenefitElect systems
Identified potentially affected individuals
Engaged external cybersecurity specialists
Engaged additional data privacy specialists
Notified certain customers whose information was impacted
Provided impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Provided information on how to place a fraud alert and security freeze on one’s credit file
Provided contact details for the national consumer reporting agencies
Provided information on how to obtain a free credit report
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewing existing security policies
Implemented additional cybersecurity measures to further protect against similar events moving forward
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 51 weeks(355 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Illinois State AGMar 1 · first

Nebraska State AG+22d

Vermont State AG+22d

California State AG+22d

Indiana State AG+22d

Texas State AG+22d

New Hampshire State AG+22d · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 1 (IL), last Mar 23 (NH) — a 22-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/coalesce-benefitelect-20260323.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 23, 2026
Raw hash: ae818c8ab06e7059dbeb916a09140f0f6c261ea29104c6d0099a39d450c68c86

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityCoalesce, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Apr 2, 2025

Stated responseMoved quickly to investigate and respond to the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov