HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIHighContained

Benefit Plan Administrators, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 13, 2021

Filed

Jun 29, 2022

To disclose

41 weeks

Affected

2,841state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Benefit Plan Administrators, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Benefit Plan Administrators, Inc. notified South Carolina and other states of a September 13, 2021 unauthorized network access. Files containing PII (name, SSN, DOB) and PHI (claims, medications, diagnoses) were potentially removed. The company engaged outside cybersecurity professionals and offered Equifax Credit Watch Gold. No identity fraud reported to date.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due41 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 41 weeks / 289 days

Sep 13, 2021

Begins

Sep 13, 2021

Discovered

Jun 29, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+24 wks slower

This filing is one of 10 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_d20696148fe5b2982022-06-29Verified
HHS OCRbd_2a5a075a1d32ba512022-06-30 · +1dVerified
HHS OCRbd_3a85b6c38c6dc6122022-06-27 · +2dVerified
HHS OCRbd_409c66c0c1ffee3a2022-06-27 · +2dVerified

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 179d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_fae4b601f7ce40822022-06-27 · +2dVerified
HHS OCRbd_af8b85636addd72a2022-07-08 · +9dVerified
HHS OCRbd_e60b64cf9d856e112022-07-08 · +9dVerified
HHS OCRbd_1ec81f9c9f9445392022-07-25 · +26dCandidate
Illinois State AGbd_b82da81ca56a06fa2022-01-01 · +179dCandidate

Name: Benefit Plan Administrators, Inc.
norm: benefit plan administrators

Name: Benefit Plan Administrators, Inc.
norm: benefit plan administrators
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 13, 2021
Breach occurred: Sep 13, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 29, 2022
Affected individuals: 2,841state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Launched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Offering a complimentary membership in Equifax Credit Watch Gold
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify our practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of your personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 41 weeks(289 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

HHS OCR+177d

New Hampshire State AG+177d

HHS OCR+179d

South Carolina State AG+179d · this page

HHS OCR+180d

HHS OCR+188d

HHS OCR+205d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jul 25 (VA) — a 205-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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2022/BenefitPlanAdministratorsInc..pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 29, 2022
Raw hash: 73f5835b5e30bee00abb578033590c118f3c23d04ded35f6515bbcf284169f2f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBenefit Plan Administrators, Inc.

Victim entityBenefit Plan Administrators, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 13, 2021

Stated responseLaunched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov