HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

4A's Benefits

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 12, 2017

Filed

Dec 26, 2018

To disclose

13 months

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for 4A's Benefits →

4A's Benefits notified individuals of a security incident where an employee's email account was subject to unauthorized access between Dec 6-12, 2017. Protected info including name, address, SSN, and possibly DOB was found in the account. No actual access or misuse was confirmed. Notices were mailed Nov 29, 2018, offering credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 6 days

discovery → filing · 13 months / 379 days

Dec 6, 2017

Begins

Dec 12, 2017

Discovered

Dec 26, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+36 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_63a07ba9f9aeca9c2018-12-26Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_371e5a57a40fcc2d2018-12-31 · +5dVerified

Name: 4A's Benefits
norm: 4a s benefits

Name: 4A's Benefits
norm: 4a s benefits
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 12, 2017
Breach occurred: Dec 6, 2017 – Dec 12, 2017
Undetected for: 6 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 29, 2018
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Retained a vendor to undertake an extensive and time-consuming review of the contents of the impacted email account
Placed additional safeguards
Conducted internal employee training
Offering free credit monitoring services and identity restoration services through TransUnion
Changes made: Placed additional safeguards
Conducted internal employee training
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 months(379 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGDec 26 · first

Montana State AGDec 26 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Dec 26 (MA), last Dec 31 (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/4As-Benefits.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 26, 2018
Raw hash: 4a3e29ea8dc1844731c3200313d9d9501e6ccdd6a4e3a74fdcb5783a782b9662

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entity4A's Benefits

Victim entity4A's Benefits

Incidentdiscovered Dec 12, 2017

Stated responseRetained a vendor to undertake an extensive and time-consuming review of the contents of the impacted email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov