MalwareHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareRansomwareStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Benefit Recovery Specialists, Inc.

bd_7d18f40e96cd14fe · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 30, 2020

Filed

Jul 2, 2020

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Benefit Recovery Specialists, Inc. →

Benefit Recovery Specialists, Inc. (BRSI) disclosed a malware incident discovered on April 30, 2020. An unauthorized actor accessed BRSI systems using employee credentials between April 20 and April 30, 2020, deploying malware and potentially accessing customer files containing personal information. BRSI took systems offline, engaged third-party specialists, reset credentials, disabled remote access, implemented MFA, and notified federal law enforcement.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 10 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 63 days

Apr 20, 2020

Begins

Apr 30, 2020

Discovered

Jul 2, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_ef76cb7e1dd21f942020-06-26 · +6dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_8a9122cd0f41082e2020-01-01 · +183dCandidate
Illinois State AGbd_c0ebd1cdb8c508102020-01-01 · +183dVerified

Name: Benefit Recovery Specialists, Inc.
norm: benefit recovery specialists

Name: Benefit Recovery Specialists, Inc.
norm: benefit recovery specialists
Industry: HealthcarellmFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 30, 2020
Breach occurred: Apr 20, 2020 – Apr 30, 2020
Undetected for: 10 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notified federal law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Began an internal investigation
Took the affected systems offline
Began working with third-party cybersecurity specialists
Changed all user credentials
Disabled remote access within the BRSI environment
Notified federal law enforcement and is cooperating with the investigation
Changes made: Implemented Multi-Factor Authentication for all users
Implemented a more frequent, more focused cybersecurity awareness training program for our employees
Review and update our security and privacy policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(63 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

HHS OCR+177d

Montana State AG+183d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jul 2 (MT) — a 183-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/Benefit-Recovery-Specialist-Consumer.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 2, 2020
Raw hash: 38f568bed3d6f8de9d8294b274b22d945fb8e717bef6f03e809c5e05da47ed37

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBenefit Recovery Specialists, Inc.

Victim entityBenefit Recovery Specialists, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 30, 2020

Stated responseBegan an internal investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov