HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesVulnerability ExploitCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Pension Benefit Information, LLC

bd_61026f1556a0cbd0 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 31, 2023

Filed

Aug 2, 2023

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

2,441state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

65%

Pension Benefit Information, LLC (PBI) notified Montana residents of a data breach involving the MOVEit Transfer software vulnerability. An unauthorized third party accessed a PBI server on May 29-30, 2023, downloading personal information. PBI patched servers, investigated, and is offering 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 63 days

May 29, 2023

Begins

May 31, 2023

Discovered

Aug 2, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

This filing is one of 10 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Progress Software Corporation supply-chain incident (2023) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_6dc16672758b314d2023-08-09 · +7dVerified
Maine State AGbd_62054ce6630d68ca2023-08-10 · +8dVerified
New Hampshire State AGCL0Pbd_be0b9ccf01ea4f7b2023-08-10 · +8dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_859b02a8bc90b5e92023-07-16 · +17dVerified

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 41d gap

Indiana State AGbd_ba3864de9a2b10312023-07-10 · +23dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_0bf216edfa80af612023-06-23 · +40dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_bae7d549d659c5992023-06-23 · +40dVerified
Washington State AGCL0Pbd_df7b434bc84d50632023-06-23 · +40dVerified
California State AGbd_dcc3f15736caf5852023-06-22 · +41dCandidate

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: 2,441state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Promptly took steps to 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 12 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: 9 weeks(63 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 9 states

View merged incident ↗

California State AGJun 22 · first

Oregon State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Washington State AG+1d

Indiana State AG+18d

Delaware State AG+24d

Montana State AG+41d · this page

California State AG+48d

Maine State AG+49d

New Hampshire State AG+49d

Pattern: first filing Jun 22 (CA), last Aug 10 (NH) — a 49-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/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-504.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 2, 2023
Raw hash: 67862445941323d3c0a1f4f0d8cdb8de932c0a837f5bb5ece7e22b4aafe2109e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPension Benefit Information, LLC

Victim entityPension Benefit Information, LLC

Incidentdiscovered May 31, 2023

Stated responsePromptly took steps to patch servers

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov