HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceVulnerability ExploitSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Pension Benefit Information, LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jun 9, 2023

Filed

Jul 21, 2023

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

8,051state residents only

Linked

78 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Pension Benefit Information, LLC →18 incidents on file

Pension Benefit Information, LLC (PBI), a third-party vendor for Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA), experienced a data security incident involving the MOVEit Transfer software vulnerability. An unauthorized third party accessed PBI's MOVEit Transfer servers on May 29-30, 2023, and exfiltrated files containing names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, and gender of 8,051 Idaho residents. TIAA notified the Idaho Attorney General on July 21, 2023. PBI patched the software, investigated the scope, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring via Kroll to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 11 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 42 days

May 29, 2023

Begins

Jun 9, 2023

Discovered

Jul 21, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 78 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 (10) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_a8e1e642699a092d2023-09-01 · +42dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_e7b97bfb552d05992023-09-15 · +56dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_a1e18d6a91a9c2642023-09-18 · +59dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_83b0b7e92e935f832023-09-19 · +60dVerified by operator

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New Hampshire State AGbd_37d305ef794986a72023-09-22 · +63dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_bfdddb738587af7e2023-09-25 · +66dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_a6e5644826fd8b212023-09-26 · +67dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_79b9877e3d9483002023-09-28 · +69dVerified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_0cfce55dc81593cd2024-03-22 · +245dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_446f6dca6655bc6e2024-03-22 · +245dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 77 linked disclosures.

Name: Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America
norm: teachers insurance and annuity association of america

Name: Pension Benefit Information, LLC
norm: pension benefit information
Domain: mypensionbenefitinformation.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 9, 2023
Breach occurred: May 29, 2023 – May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 11 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 14, 2023
Affected individuals: 8,051state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Idaho Attorney General's Office Consumer Protection Division
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Installed patches to MOVEit Transfer software
Launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the MOVEit vulnerability’s impact
Reconciled specific files against records to determine impact to specific individuals
Sent notification letters to impacted individuals through Kroll
Offered 24 months of complimentary identity monitoring services through Kroll
Changes made: Reviewed and enhancing information security policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(42 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 4 states

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Idaho State AGJul 21 · first · this page

California State AG+42d

California State AG+56d

California State AG+59d

California State AG+60d

New Hampshire State AG+63d

California State AG+66d

New Hampshire State AG+67d

New Hampshire State AG+69d

Vermont State AG+245d

New Hampshire State AG+245d

Pattern: first filing Jul 21 (ID), last Mar 22 (NH) — a 245-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 77 — the full spread may be wider.

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://www.ag.idaho.gov/content/uploads/2023/07/Pension-Benefit-Information-LLC.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 21, 2023
Raw hash: f6a478432a8a1c18687c21f743847d30ff3d6467e5473e7a8c6a2b9fed7e237d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTeachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America

Victim entityPension Benefit Information, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jun 9, 2023

Stated responseInstalled patches to MOVEit Transfer software

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.ag.idaho.gov