HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Pension Benefit Information, LLC

bd_5a1bc227829bfc3d · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 16, 2023

Filed

Aug 14, 2023

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

7state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Pension Benefit Information, LLC (PBI) disclosed a MOVEit Transfer vulnerability exploitation incident affecting 7 New Hampshire residents. Unauthorized access occurred May 29-30, 2023. PBI notified Baltimore County on June 16, 2023. Notifications sent to residents began August 10, 2023, offering credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 18 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 59 days

May 29, 2023

Begins

Jun 16, 2023

Discovered

Aug 14, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_5d6ade8125836f652023-08-15 · +1dCandidate
Maine State AGbd_79add972b8719b062023-08-16 · +2dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_a1d7a1b995de54982023-08-17 · +3dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_6caa9f673c6401822023-08-10 · +4dVerified

Name: Baltimore County, Maryland
norm: baltimore county

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

Discovered: Jun 16, 2023
Breach occurred: May 29, 2023 – May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 18 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 10, 2023
Affected individuals: 7state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (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: PBI promptly launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the MOVEit vulnerability’s impact on its systems
PBI conducted a manual review of its records to confirm the identities of individuals potentially affected
PBI is providing affected individuals access to complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Kroll/Experian
PBI will be providing mailed notices to impacted individuals
PBI promptly took steps to patch servers, investigate, assess the security of our systems, and notify potentially affected customers and individuals
PBI is reviewing and enhancing its information security policies and procedures
Changes made: PBI regularly evaluates the evolving risk landscape and implements controls to mitigate those risks
PBI continues to assess and update security measures and training to PBI team members to safeguard the privacy and security of information in its care
PBI is reviewing and enhancing its information security policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(59 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGAug 10 · first

New Hampshire State AG+4d · this page

Montana State AG+5d

Maine State AG+6d

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Aug 10 (IN), last Aug 17 (MA) — a 7-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/baltimore-county-maryland-20230814.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 14, 2023
Raw hash: b7eecb9a7ca391ef867ce79be2eadea1f545b4da5a1ce3a1432b5d9f7ec19ede

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBaltimore County, Maryland

Victim entityPension Benefit Information, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jun 16, 2023

Stated responsePBI promptly launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the MOVEit vulnerability’s impact on its systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov