HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Tax Favored Benefits

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 30, 2022

Filed

Feb 14, 2024

To disclose

15 months

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Tax Favored Benefits →

Tax Favored Benefits, Inc. notified consumers that an unauthorized actor accessed an employee email account on November 30, 2022. The incident potentially exposed names and other personal information. The company engaged forensic specialists, confirmed system security, and is offering credit monitoring.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday15 months discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 15 months / 441 days

Nov 30, 2022

Begins

Nov 30, 2022

Discovered

Feb 14, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+55 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_221872c16f147a112024-02-14Verified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_8b799c442acac40f2024-02-14Verified
Maine State AGbd_de5e8d2f2e613a752024-02-14Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_1825ce4ae44194a12024-02-20 · +6dVerified

Name: Tax Favored Benefits
norm: tax favored benefits

Name: Tax Favored Benefits
norm: tax favored benefits
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 30, 2022
Breach occurred: Nov 30, 2022
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notify applicable regulatory authorities where necessary
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the assistance of third-party computer forensic specialists
Confirmed the security of our systems
Reviewed the contents of relevant data for sensitive information
Notified potentially impacted individuals
Offering complimentary access to credit monitoring services through Epiq
Changes made: Continue to review our policies, procedures and processes related to the storage and access of personal information to reduce the likelihood of a similar future event
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 months(441 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
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 · 5 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGFeb 14 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 14 · first

Maine State AGFeb 14 · first

Vermont State AGFeb 14 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Feb 14 (MT), last Feb 20 (MA) — a 6-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-02-14-tax-favored-benefits-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 14, 2024
Raw hash: 589fba17d554a2d60c43e951b85ac4a80a04f49b2362f5c9a1e1a2812aacb72e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTax Favored Benefits

Victim entityTax Favored Benefits

Incidentdiscovered Nov 30, 2022

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the assistance of third-party computer forensic specialists

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov