HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceVulnerability ExploitSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)PIIMediumContained

The Global Atlantic Financial Group LLC

bd_996dba95423b3558 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 31, 2023

Filed

Jul 28, 2023

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for The Global Atlantic Financial Group LLC →3 incidents on file

The Global Atlantic Financial Group LLC (GAFG) disclosed a cybersecurity incident involving its third-party vendor, Pension Benefits Information LLC (PBI). PBI's MOVEit file transfer application was exploited via an unpatched vulnerability (zero-day at the time) between May 29-30, 2023. Cybercriminals exfiltrated policyholder data, including names and government identifiers (SSNs, DOBs). GAFG notified affected individuals in July 2023, offering two years of credit monitoring. GAFG stated its own environment was not directly compromised.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 58 days

May 29, 2023

Begins

May 31, 2023

Discovered

Jul 28, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

This filing is one of 9 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Pension Benefit Information, LLC supply-chain incident (2023) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_d6b173a65da2adf52023-07-28Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_ec0c41bc3c39285a2023-07-28Verified
Oregon State AGbd_017dc421aa010bff2023-08-08 · +11dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_5a405b4a1cd3139a2023-08-08 · +11dVerified

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California State AGbd_2fd32b32e3e188182023-08-14 · +17dVerified by operator
South Carolina State AGbd_b23f92429171a6e12023-08-21 · +24dVerified by operator
Hawaii State AGbd_1494f54bf2a0d7e22023-08-24 · +27dVerified
Hawaii State AGbd_015fbc1ff94f7b262023-09-14 · +48dVerified

Name: The Global Atlantic Financial Group LLC
norm: the global atlantic financial
Domain: globalatlantic.com

Name: The Global Atlantic Financial Group LLC
norm: the global atlantic financial
Domain: globalatlantic.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: May 31, 2023
Breach occurred: May 29, 2023 – May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 28, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported the incident to the appropriate authorities
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged outside experts to understand the nature and scope of information impacted
Worked with PBI to understand the nature and scope of information impacted
Reported the incident to the appropriate authorities
Offered a complimentary two-year membership in Experian’s IdentityWorksSM
Changes made: Offered complimentary two-year membership in Experian’s IdentityWorksSM
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(58 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 8 states

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Washington State AGJul 28 · first

Indiana State AGJul 28 · first

Delaware State AGJul 28 · first · this page

Oregon State AG+11d

Massachusetts State AG+11d

California State AG+17d

South Carolina State AG+24d

Hawaii State AG+27d

Hawaii State AG+48d

Pattern: first filing Jul 28 (WA), last Sep 14 (HI) — a 48-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://attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2023/08/Sample-GAFG-Policyholder-Notification-Template-Letter.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 28, 2023
Raw hash: 8882f3b749588b1dd080991e3f0ab0592ab6f1882136d8d16c9872870193afe4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Global Atlantic Financial Group LLC

Victim entityThe Global Atlantic Financial Group LLC

Incidentdiscovered May 31, 2023

Stated responseEngaged outside experts to understand the nature and scope of information impacted

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceattorneygeneral.delaware.gov