HackingFinancial ServicesProfessional ServicesFinanceVulnerability ExploitTargetedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPIIMediumContained

PEF Services LLC

bd_af2d373b02fef2ce · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 1, 2019

Filed

Feb 24, 2020

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for PEF Services LLC →

PEF Services LLC, a fund administrator, notified individuals of a data breach occurring in Nov-Dec 2019. An actor exploited a webserver vulnerability to access files containing PII, SSNs, and financial data. PEF engaged Kroll for credit monitoring and secured the server. No misuse confirmed.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 30 days

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 85 days

Nov 1, 2019

Begins

Dec 1, 2019

Discovered

Feb 24, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_4c3fc92575121fdf2020-02-24Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_8dc9e82b4f3faf672020-02-26 · +2dVerified

Name: PEF Services LLC
norm: pef services

Name: PEF Services LLC
norm: pef services
Industry: Financial ServicesllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 1, 2019
Breach occurred: Nov 1, 2019 – Dec 31, 2019
Undetected for: 30 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 24, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPII
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring
Took the compromised server offline
Launched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the activity
Rectified the vulnerability
Changes made: Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost for one year
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(85 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGFeb 24 · first

Montana State AGFeb 24 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+2d

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Breach-NotificationDetails-122.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 24, 2020
Raw hash: 15ce24c00d5dd300849930c67c29df03eae75ad60cfe23888989db21b913abe1

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPEF Services LLC

Victim entityPEF Services LLC

Incidentdiscovered Dec 1, 2019

Stated responseSecured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov