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Advantage Benefits Group

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 30, 2021

Filed

Apr 11, 2022

To disclose

41 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Advantage Benefits Group →3 incidents on file

Advantage Benefits Group (ABG), an insurance brokerage, notified the NH AG of a business email compromise discovered June 30, 2021. Unauthorized access to two employee email accounts occurred Sept-Nov 2021. Data exposed included names, SSNs, DOBs, driver's licenses, and limited PHI. One NH resident affected. Notices mailed April 6, 2022. ABG engaged forensic investigators, enhanced MFA, and provided 3 years of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 41 weeks / 285 days

Jun 30, 2021

Begins

Jun 30, 2021

Discovered

Apr 11, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+32 wks slower

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_bbfa7d8b72329c052022-04-06 · +5dVerified
HHS OCRbd_c291e6e9566c6d412022-04-06 · +5dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_dc327fee154b1f002022-04-06 · +5dVerified

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

Name: Advantage Benefits Group
norm: advantage benefits
Domain: advantageben.com
Industry: Financial ServicesllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 30, 2021
Breach occurred: Jun 30, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 6, 2022
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged a third-party professional cybersecurity forensics team to conduct a thorough investigation
Engaged a specialized cybersecurity firm to conduct a forensic investigation
Informed law firm
Began identifying potentially affected individuals
Engaged a mailing services vendor to set up a dedicated call center
Established credit monitoring for affected individuals
Offered three years of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through IDX
Changes made: Continuing to enhance security measures
Continuing to provide cyber security training for staff
Multi Factor Authentication enhancement to existing MFA
Consistent penetration testing
Applying CISA best practices across data and platforms
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 41 weeks(285 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 · 4 states

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Massachusetts State AGApr 6 · first

HHS OCRApr 6 · first

Indiana State AGApr 6 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 6 (MA), last Apr 11 (NH) — a 5-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/advantage-benefits-20220411.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 11, 2022
Raw hash: d4d1e1aeac97a437e7523f5f84af4207f5611d2c8c710a7046e1256871e8a66d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP

Victim entityAdvantage Benefits Group

Incidentdiscovered Jun 30, 2021

Stated responseEngaged a third-party professional cybersecurity forensics team to conduct a thorough investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov