HackingFinancial ServicesProfessional ServicesFinanceVulnerability ExploitCapture Stored DataSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Pension Benefit Information, LLC

bd_a1e18d6a91a9c264 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

May 31, 2023

Filed

Sep 18, 2023

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

46 records

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for Pension Benefit Information, LLC →3 incidents on file

Pension Benefit Information, LLC (PBI) notified the California AG of a data breach involving its MOVEit Transfer software. An unauthorized third party exploited a vulnerability in Progress Software's MOVEit Transfer, accessing PBI's servers on May 29-30, 2023, and downloading data. PBI discovered the issue on May 31, 2023, when Progress disclosed the vulnerability. Affected data includes personal information of individuals associated with Global Atlantic Financial Group policies. PBI patched servers, investigated the scope, and is offering credit monitoring via Experian. The incident is contained.

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California clockDiscovered May 31, 2023 → Notified Aug 18, 202379d ✗ CA 60-day late16 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 110 days

May 29, 2023

Begins

May 31, 2023

Discovered

Sep 18, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

This filing is one of 46 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Progress Software Corporation supply-chain incident (2023) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

A leak claim by cl0p about this victim was first seen 54 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_83b0b7e92e935f832023-09-19 · +1dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_37d305ef794986a72023-09-22 · +4dVerified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_ed5751101a0d93ee2023-08-25 · +24dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_fbf59513778aef8b2023-08-25 · +24dVerified by operator

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 25d gap

Vermont State AGbd_00fe2e9a4aff52802023-08-24 · +25dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_07101c97c9594fc42023-08-24 · +25dVerified by operator
Washington State AGbd_44f7fcad123559952023-08-24 · +25dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_4546a76555186a092023-08-24 · +25dVerified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_4884e0e283db90b42023-08-24 · +25dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_56bf16939535bbe52023-08-24 · +25dVerified

Showing first 10 of 45 linked disclosures.

Name: Pension Benefit Information, LLC
norm: pension benefit information
Domain: mypensionbenefitinformation.com

Name: Pension Benefit Information, LLC
norm: pension benefit information
Domain: mypensionbenefitinformation.com
Industry: Financial ServicesllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 31, 2023
Breach occurred: May 29, 2023 – May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 18, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Third party: via Progress Software
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Promptly launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the MOVEit vulnerability’s impact on our systems
Conducted a manual review of our records to confirm the identities of individuals potentially affected by this event
Patched servers
Assessed the security of our systems
Notified potentially affected customers and individuals associated with those customers
Offering access to complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing our information security policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(110 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 79dLeak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: May 31, 2023
→ Notified: Aug 18, 2023
79d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: May 31, 2023 → Notified: Aug 18, 2023	79d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗

Vermont State AGAug 24 · first

Maine State AGAug 24 · first

Washington State AGAug 24 · first

Maine State AGAug 24 · first

Massachusetts State AGAug 24 · first

California State AGAug 24 · first

Vermont State AG+1d

South Carolina State AG+1d

California State AG+25d · this page

California State AG+26d

New Hampshire State AG+29d

Pattern: first filing Aug 24 (VT), last Sep 22 (NH) — a 29-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 45 — the full spread may be wider.

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-573471
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 18, 2023
Raw hash: 05d98d57b5b7f7bc9da29dbd3d49b742a274295885beea8dace327ef5295955c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPension Benefit Information, LLC

Victim entityPension Benefit Information, LLC

Incidentdiscovered May 31, 2023

Stated responsePromptly launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the MOVEit vulnerability’s impact on our systems

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov