Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Union Benefit Planners

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 17, 2019

Filed

Apr 10, 2019

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Union Benefit Planners →

Union Benefit Planners, Inc. notified Montana residents of a data security incident where an unauthorized individual accessed an employee email account, potentially exposing names and Social Security numbers. The company engaged forensic experts and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 52 days

Feb 17, 2019

Discovered

Apr 10, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_4b35ee8c418ac0692019-04-10Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_fb112d6e950cec282019-04-10Verified

Name: Union Benefit Planners
norm: union benefit planners

Name: Union Benefit Planners
norm: union benefit planners
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 17, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 17, 2019
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged an independent digital forensics expert
Took steps to secure the email system
Offering identity monitoring services
Changes made: Provided access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring / Single Bureau Credit Report / Cyber Monitoring services at no charge
Provided proactive fraud assistance through CyberScout
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(52 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 AGApr 10 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 10 · first

Montana State AGApr 10 · first · this page

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/CON-CON.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 10, 2019
Raw hash: 558ef5adcd925120ea2d9b84944f008aae2df8b78c79af4c5a4226c543bedbcf

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUnion Benefit Planners

Victim entityUnion Benefit Planners

Incidentdiscovered Feb 17, 2019

Stated responseEngaged an independent digital forensics expert

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov