Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Centerstone Insurance and Financial Services

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 11, 2018

Filed

Jan 4, 2019

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

140state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Centerstone Insurance and Financial Services →

Centerstone Insurance and Financial Services (dba BenefitMall) notified Montana residents of a phishing attack in October 2018 that compromised employee email credentials. Unauthorized access to mailboxes occurred between June 2018 and discovery, exposing PII including SSNs, DOBs, and bank account numbers. The company engaged forensic investigators, reported to law enforcement, implemented MFA, and provided 24 months of identity protection.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 132 days

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 85 days

Jun 1, 2018

Begins

Oct 11, 2018

Discovered

Jan 4, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_6597bcaa32aef3bc2019-01-03 · +1dVerified
California State AGbd_733d2f7e19d9c59a2019-01-03 · +1dCandidate
HHS OCRbd_9c015700bbaf6ff82019-01-03 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_b45f9463b10cb0b12019-01-08 · +4dVerified

Name: Centerstone Insurance and Financial Services
norm: centerstone insurance and financial
Domain: benefitmall.com

Name: Centerstone Insurance and Financial Services
norm: centerstone insurance and financial
Domain: benefitmall.com
Also named: Centerstone Insurance and Financial Servicesdba oflegal entity
BenefitMalldba oftrade name
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 11, 2018
Breach occurred: Jun 1, 2018
Undetected for: 132 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 4, 2019
Affected individuals: 140state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: reported the incident to law enforcement
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Initiated an internal review
Retained a top computer forensics firm to help us conduct a thorough investigation of the incident and remediate our systems
Reported the incident to law enforcement
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures designed to protect employee email accounts and your information, including two-factor authentication for access to our email system
Undertaken an employee education initiative to inform employees about phishing scams and how to guard against them
Will continue to deliver additional employee training about email safety and recognizing phishing emails
Arranged to have AllClear ID protect your identity for 24 months at no cost to you
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.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Massachusetts State AGJan 3 · first

California State AGJan 3 · first

HHS OCRJan 3 · first

Montana State AG+1d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Jan 3 (MA), last Jan 8 (NH) — a 5-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/Centerstone-Insurance-and-Financial-Services-dba-BenefitMall.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 4, 2019
Raw hash: c4b39a340462a7d1bdfc126c5c260f0582be0e89754d49180b796a30643b76c5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCenterstone Insurance and Financial Services

Victim entityCenterstone Insurance and Financial Services

Incidentdiscovered Oct 11, 2018

Stated responseInitiated an internal review

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov