HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Strategic Benefits Advisors, Inc.

bd_757fc0172a308c29 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 19, 2021

Filed

Nov 12, 2021

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

40state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Strategic Benefits Advisors, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Strategic Benefits Advisors, Inc. (SBA) notified affected individuals of a criminal cyberattack discovered on September 19, 2021. SBA, a benefits consulting firm, confirmed unauthorized access to systems containing employee PII. No evidence of misuse was found. SBA engaged law enforcement, secured systems, and offered 24 months of Experian credit monitoring and identity theft insurance.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 54 days

Sep 19, 2021

Discovered

Nov 12, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

10 wks faster

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_ec306f1e59a5016e2021-11-12Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_eea9a1cc29958d4e2021-11-08 · +4dVerified
California State AGbd_18a8bd76f672839b2021-11-05 · +7dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_b78dcbba40f9449f2021-11-01 · +11dVerified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_9fcc52b918a8d9a42021-10-28 · +15dVerified
Maine State AGbd_ee70dc26578ff3cb2021-10-28 · +15dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_c0f1e7ae47b4c21b2021-10-19 · +24dVerified

Name: Strategic Benefits Advisors, Inc.
norm: strategic benefits advisors

Name: Strategic Benefits Advisors, Inc.
norm: strategic benefits advisors
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 19, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 12, 2021
Affected individuals: 40state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1595 Active ScanningT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported this incident to law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took steps to secure our systems
Commenced an investigation into the nature and scope of the incident
Conducted an extensive review of the entire contents of the impacted systems
Reported this incident to law enforcement
Providing identity theft and credit monitoring protections services for 24 months through Experian
Changes made: Commenced a review of existing security policies
Implementing additional measures and enhanced security tools to further protect information in our systems
Implementing additional safeguards
Providing additional training to our employees on data privacy and security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(54 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 7 states

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Indiana State AGOct 19 · first

Massachusetts State AG+9d

Maine State AG+9d

New Hampshire State AG+13d

California State AG+17d

South Carolina State AG+20d

Maine State AG+24d

Montana State AG+24d · this page

Pattern: first filing Oct 19 (IN), last Nov 12 (MT) — a 24-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-78.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 12, 2021
Raw hash: 112367bea565db25088e477b1ae2342c07ad7374c5a455c672091a315158338c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityStrategic Benefits Advisors, Inc.

Victim entityStrategic Benefits Advisors, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 19, 2021

Stated responseTook steps to secure our systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov