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Trinity Benefit Advisors

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 6, 2019

Filed

May 1, 2020

To disclose

52 weeks

Affected

6state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Trinity Benefit Advisors →

Trinity Benefit Advisors notified the NH AG of a data security incident discovered May 6, 2019, involving unauthorized access to an employee email account via a malicious inbox rule. The incident exposed PII including SSNs, DOBs, and medical info for 6 NH residents. Notifications were sent April 24, 2020. Remediation included MFA, password changes, and 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 52 weeks / 361 days

May 6, 2019

Discovered

May 1, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+34 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_19921c8e9fd0f3792020-04-24 · +7dVerified

Name: Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP
norm: wilson elser moskowitz edelman dicker
Domain: wilsonelser.com

Name: Trinity Benefit Advisors
norm: trinity benefit advisors
Industry: Professional ServicesllmFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: May 6, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 24, 2020
Affected individuals: 6state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reporting the incident to government regulators
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged an independent computer forensic company to analyze the nature and extent of the unauthorized access
Changed passwords
Providing users with increased training on network security
Implementing multi-factor authentication
Reporting the incident to government regulators
Providing potentially impacted individuals with identify theft protection and credit monitoring services for a period of 12 months, at its own expense, through Kroll
Changes made: Changing passwords
Providing users with increased training on network security
Implementing multi-factor authentication
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 52 weeks(361 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Indiana State AGApr 24 · first

New Hampshire State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 24 (IN), last May 1 (NH) — a 7-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/trinity-benefit-advisors-20200501.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 1, 2020
Raw hash: f570a6ab1d669fc0aec8f19dcac471167ceeb3b3123655672857a78fd4a06a19

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP

Victim entityTrinity Benefit Advisors

Incidentdiscovered May 6, 2019

Stated responseEngaged an independent computer forensic company to analyze the nature and extent of the unauthorized access

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov