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Alight Solutions LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 20, 2019

Filed

Aug 20, 2019

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Alight Solutions LLC →6 incidents on file

Alight Solutions LLC disclosed that system-generated emails from the SmartBenefits website inadvertently included Social Security Numbers in email properties from September 22, 2014, through June 29, 2019. Additionally, URLs linking to third-party sites included SSNs and dates of birth from October 1, 2016, to February 22, 2019. The issue was discovered on May 20, 2019, during a routine security review. Alight encrypted SSNs in email properties and removed PII from URLs. Identity theft protection was offered to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1701 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 92 days

Sep 22, 2014

Begins

May 20, 2019

Discovered

Aug 20, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_018c338c00d4dff82019-08-20Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_69bb2e24c95a52232019-08-20Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_971b290d0cebc8292019-08-21 · +1dVerified

Name: Alight Solutions LLC
norm: alight solutions
Domain: alight.com

Name: Alight Solutions LLC
norm: alight solutions
Domain: alight.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 20, 2019
Breach occurred: Sep 22, 2014 – Jun 29, 2019
Undetected for: 1,701 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unknown

During the incident: Initiated an investigation
Addressed the issue by encrypting Social Security Numbers in the email properties
Removed personal information from the URLs linking SmartBenefits to the trusted third-party websites
Offering two years of identity theft protection through InfoArmor
Changes made: Encrypting Social Security Numbers in the email properties of both forms of system-generated emails
Removing personal information from the URLs linking SmartBenefits to the trusted third-party websites
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(92 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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Montana State AGAug 20 · first

Massachusetts State AGAug 20 · first

California State AGAug 20 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+1d

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-149919
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 20, 2019
Raw hash: 7497479efa70bbc386bbc8731b7effc1e71d9bc25511a00622da49b2e3a7983e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAlight Solutions LLC

Victim entityAlight Solutions LLC

Incidentdiscovered May 20, 2019

Stated responseInitiated an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov