HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Pension Benefit Information, LLC

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 31, 2023

Filed

Aug 24, 2023

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

64%

Pension Benefit Information, LLC (PBI) notified Montana residents of a data breach involving the MOVEit Transfer software vulnerability exploited by an unauthorized third party. Access occurred May 29-30, 2023, affecting names and other data. PBI patched systems, offered 24 months of credit monitoring via Kroll, and enhanced security policies.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 85 days

May 29, 2023

Begins

May 31, 2023

Discovered

Aug 24, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Pension Benefit Information, LLC
norm: pension benefit information

Name: Pension Benefit Information, LLC
norm: pension benefit information
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 31, 2023
Breach occurred: May 29, 2023 – May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
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: Patch servers
Investigate
Assess the security of our systems
Notify potentially affected customers and individuals
Reviewing and enhancing our information security policies and procedures
Offering you access to 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Kroll
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing our information security policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(85 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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-597.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 24, 2023
Raw hash: 3b29cb72ee477269acaf53bb11fafac2908ab91d9ec6eeacb7de7d2c35ae36d2

Reporting entityPension Benefit Information, LLC

Victim entityPension Benefit Information, LLC

Incidentdiscovered May 31, 2023

Stated responsePatch servers

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov