HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceVulnerability ExploitSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 31, 2023

Filed

Jul 21, 2023

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

12 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America →6 incidents on file

Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) notified the California AG of a data breach involving its third-party vendor, Pension Benefit Information, LLC (PBI). An unauthorized third party exploited a vulnerability in Progress Software's MOVEit Transfer software, accessing PBI servers on May 29-30, 2023, and downloading data. Affected information includes names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, and gender. TIAA/PBI patched servers, investigated the incident, and offered 24 months of identity monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 51 days

May 29, 2023

Begins

May 31, 2023

Discovered

Jul 21, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 12 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 (10) · sorted by filing gap

Idaho State AGbd_6311fa3dd226253d2023-07-21Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_86ea77d6856815a12023-07-21Verified
Montana State AGbd_c76c639d9bdb3a6d2023-07-21Verified
Maine State AGbd_a760fbad056957c02023-07-24 · +3dVerified

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California State AGbd_dc7396da17f400f62023-07-24 · +3dCandidate
Washington State AGbd_2ebc416a4ea0530d2023-07-27 · +6dVerified
Hawaii State AGbd_69cfd607fb6c48072023-07-27 · +6dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_fdfda27042fb7a5a2023-07-27 · +6dVerified by operator
Delaware State AGbd_73c09f3ceeff8d692023-07-14 · +7dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_53687e79813fbfd22023-08-17 · +27dVerified

Showing first 10 of 11 linked disclosures.

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

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

Discovered: May 31, 2023
Breach occurred: May 29, 2023 – May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Third party: via Progress Software
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Patched servers
Investigated the nature and scope of the MOVEit vulnerability’s impact on our systems
Assessed the security of our systems
Notified potentially affected customers and individuals associated with those customers
Offering 24 months of complimentary identity monitoring 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: 7 weeks(51 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 · 10 states

View merged incident ↗

Delaware State AGJul 14 · first

Idaho State AG+7d

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Montana State AG+7d

California State AG+7d · this page

Maine State AG+10d

California State AG+10d

Washington State AG+13d

Hawaii State AG+13d

South Carolina State AG+13d

New Hampshire State AG+34d

Pattern: first filing Jul 14 (DE), last Aug 17 (NH) — a 34-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 11 — 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-570666
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: 821bd1284e79405f85885258408b84ffbf6b564967b29bcdffd14b231bf573a7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTeachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America

Victim entityTeachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America

Incidentdiscovered May 31, 2023

Stated responsePatched servers

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov