HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Pension Benefit Information, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 31, 2023

Filed

Aug 18, 2023

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

78 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Pension Benefit Information, LLC →18 incidents on file

Pension Benefit Information, LLC (PBI) notified consumers of a data breach involving the MOVEit Transfer software vulnerability exploited in May 2023. The incident affected a limited number of Trane Technologies pension plan members, exposing names and government identifiers. PBI patched servers, enhanced security policies, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday11 weeks 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 · 2 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 79 days

May 29, 2023

Begins

May 31, 2023

Discovered

Aug 18, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 78 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 →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_a8e1e642699a092d2023-09-01 · +14dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_e7b97bfb552d05992023-09-15 · +28dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_a1e18d6a91a9c2642023-09-18 · +31dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_83b0b7e92e935f832023-09-19 · +32dVerified by operator

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 217d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_37d305ef794986a72023-09-22 · +35dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_bfdddb738587af7e2023-09-25 · +38dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_a6e5644826fd8b212023-09-26 · +39dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_79b9877e3d9483002023-09-28 · +41dVerified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_0cfce55dc81593cd2024-03-22 · +217dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_446f6dca6655bc6e2024-03-22 · +217dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 77 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: Professional 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: 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
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Promptly took steps to patch servers
Investigate
Assess the security of our systems
Notify potentially affected customers and individuals associated with those customers
Reviewing and enhancing our information security policies and procedures
Offering you access to 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Kroll
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing our information security policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(79 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 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 · 11 filings · 3 states

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Vermont State AGAug 18 · first · this page

California State AG+14d

California State AG+28d

California State AG+31d

California State AG+32d

New Hampshire State AG+35d

California State AG+38d

New Hampshire State AG+39d

New Hampshire State AG+41d

Vermont State AG+217d

New Hampshire State AG+217d

Pattern: first filing Aug 18 (VT), last Mar 22 (NH) — a 217-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 77 — 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-08-18-milliman-pbi-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 18, 2023
Raw hash: 8481bc3cbe46fdba079fb9fe065bd2297adaee6f858c148c1ae4ca63994680dd

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 took steps to patch servers

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov