HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesVulnerability ExploitSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 22, 2023

Filed

Jul 21, 2023

To disclose

29 days

Affected

575scope not determined

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for American Civil Liberties Union Foundation →

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc. notified Vermont AG of a data breach involving its third-party vendor, Pension Benefit Information, LLC. Attackers exploited a vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer software to access donor data (names, DOB, SSN) on May 29-30, 2023. 575 individuals affected. PBI patched the vulnerability and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday29 days discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 24 days

discovery → filing · 29 days

May 29, 2023

Begins

Jun 22, 2023

Discovered

Jul 21, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 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

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_2acdfa43e4f5db092023-07-21Verified
Indiana State AGbd_7d138ab80207807c2023-07-21Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_c685c3c5e024f4662023-07-19 · +2dVerified

Name: American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
norm: american civil liberties union

Name: American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
norm: american civil liberties union
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 22, 2023
Breach occurred: May 29, 2023 – May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 24 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 21, 2023
Affected individuals: 575scope not determined
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: PBI alerted law enforcement
Third party: via Pension Benefit Information, LLC
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: PBI installed software patches released by the MOVEit software provider to close the vulnerability
PBI alerted law enforcement
PBI conducted further review to identify the specific individuals and data from PBI’s system that was involved
TIAA Kaspick quickly activated its incident response team
TIAA Kaspick reconciled the PBI information with its own records
ACLU Foundation and TIAA Kaspick reviewed their own systems
Offering twenty-four (24) months of credit monitoring services at no cost
Changes made: ACLUF will continue to assess and update our security practices in order to help prevent this type of incident from occurring again
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >14 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

New Hampshire State AGJul 19 · first

Massachusetts State AG+2d

Indiana State AG+2d

Vermont State AG+2d · this page

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/2023-07-21-american-civil-liberties-union-foundation-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 21, 2023
Raw hash: b9167c79d07c81dd4170aad12f43aea5fe31ed916bc5053c15e7fc8f03a7c12d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation

Victim entityAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation

Incidentdiscovered Jun 22, 2023

Stated responsePBI installed software patches released by the MOVEit software provider to close the vulnerability

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov