MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

The Pension Specialist

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 24, 2024

Filed

Mar 26, 2025

To disclose

13 months

Affected

845state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for The Pension Specialist →

The Pension Specialist reported a ransomware cyberattack affecting Washington residents. Unauthorized access occurred between Feb 18-23, 2024; discovered Feb 24, 2024. 845 Washingtonians affected. Name and regulated data sets involved. Kroll identity monitoring offered.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d13 months discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 6 days

discovery → filing · 13 months / 396 days

Feb 18, 2024

Begins

Feb 24, 2024

Discovered

Mar 26, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+48 wks slower

This filing is one of 7 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_b7a6fd772df2aaee2025-03-26Verified
Maine State AGbd_e7b493c4af3c76d32025-03-26Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_b1ac40709f64c8b82025-02-17 · +37dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_296e5d7e0b78bbaf2025-02-14 · +40dVerified

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 40d gap

Maine State AGbd_698e627165b5d4ea2025-02-14 · +40dCandidate
California State AGbd_6f41952c56c2bcf82025-02-14 · +40dVerified

Name: The Pension Specialist
norm: the pension specialist

Name: The Pension Specialist
norm: the pension specialist
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 24, 2024
Breach occurred: Feb 18, 2024 – Feb 23, 2024
Undetected for: 6 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 26, 2025
Affected individuals: 845state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Engaged independent cybersecurity experts to assist with the process
Conducted a comprehensive review of all potentially affected information
Offering complimentary identity monitoring services through Kroll
Changes made: Implemented measures to enhance security and minimize the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 months(396 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGFeb 14 · first

Maine State AGFeb 14 · first

California State AGFeb 14 · first

Massachusetts State AG+3d

California State AG+40d

Maine State AG+40d

Washington State AG+40d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 14 (IN), last Mar 26 (WA) — a 40-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA32836.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 26, 2025
Raw hash: d3cc90013f13b30b5d6dc2c2590b2e10cff8ceb15896c4ddd276262859ebd721

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Pension Specialist

Victim entityThe Pension Specialist

Incidentdiscovered Feb 24, 2024

Stated responseEngaged independent cybersecurity experts to assist with the process

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com