MalwareFinancial ServicesTechnologyFinanceRansomwareStolen CredentialsRansom DemandedRansom PaidData ExfiltratedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

UNITE HERE Retirement Fund

bd_b14026c72996886d · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 12, 2021

Filed

Apr 18, 2022

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

42state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for UNITE HERE Retirement Fund →2 incidents on file

Horizon Actuarial Services, LLC reported unauthorized access to two computer servers on November 10-11, 2021, affecting data of UNITE HERE Retirement Fund participants. The attacker claimed to have stolen personal data and demanded ransom, which was paid. PII including names, SSNs, and DOBs was impacted. Notices were sent to affected individuals starting January 28, 2022.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 157 days

Nov 10, 2021

Begins

Nov 12, 2021

Discovered

Apr 18, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+14 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

Massachusetts State AGbd_28ad2aaa7b9f13702022-04-18Verified
Indiana State AGbd_850c7a1208923df12022-04-18Verified

Name: Horizon Actuarial
norm: horizon actuarial
Domain: horizonactuarial.com

Name: UNITE HERE Retirement Fund
norm: unite here retirement
Industry: Financial ServicesllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Nov 12, 2021
Breach occurred: Nov 10, 2021 – Nov 11, 2021
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 28, 2022
Affected individuals: 42state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Provided notice to the FBI
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Initiated efforts to secure its computer servers
Launched an investigation into the legitimacy of the claims in the email with the assistance of third-party computer specialists
Provided notice to the FBI
Negotiated with and paid the group in exchange for an agreement that they would delete and not distribute or otherwise misuse the stolen information
Arranged for identity monitoring services for 12 months provided by Kroll
Changes made: Reviewing its existing security policies
Implemented additional measures to further protect against similar incidents moving forward
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(157 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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Massachusetts State AGApr 18 · first

Indiana State AGApr 18 · first

Montana State AGApr 18 · first · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-307.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 18, 2022
Raw hash: 71b1ed84fe6f34c5f5647571a1050103ae497fef3c4e8a3e58a766d5f7e60750

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHorizon Actuarial

Victim entityUNITE HERE Retirement Fund

Incidentdiscovered Nov 12, 2021

Stated responseInitiated efforts to secure its computer servers

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov