HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Employee Benefit Management Services, LLC

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 11, 2023

Filed

Mar 29, 2024

To disclose

29 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Employee Benefit Management Services, LLC →6 incidents on file

Benefit Management Corporation notified consumers of a data breach where an unauthorized individual accessed the network between Sept 8-11, 2023. The incident involved access to names and personal data. BMC enhanced security protocols and provided one year of free identity monitoring via Kroll.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday29 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 29 weeks / 200 days

Sep 8, 2023

Begins

Sep 11, 2023

Discovered

Mar 29, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+20 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_93bc95a15503a9ea2024-03-29Verified

Name: Employee Benefit Management Services, LLC
norm: employee benefit management

Name: Employee Benefit Management Services, LLC
norm: employee benefit management
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 11, 2023
Breach occurred: Sep 8, 2023 – Sep 11, 2023
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 29, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took immediate steps to secure our systems
Launched an investigation
Implemented additional measures to enhance our existing security protocols
Arranged to provide identity monitoring at no cost to you for one year through Kroll
Changes made: Implemented additional measures to enhance our existing security protocols
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 weeks(200 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGMar 29 · first

Vermont State AGMar 29 · 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-03-29-benefit-management-corporation-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 29, 2024
Raw hash: b31b812aa34cd6b470ed97bc7a101806e5e04ee4ae5f5ba912975b25e04276df

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEmployee Benefit Management Services, LLC

Victim entityEmployee Benefit Management Services, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Sep 11, 2023

Stated responseTook immediate steps to secure our systems

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov