HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceVulnerability ExploitSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Global Atlantic

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 7, 2023

Filed

Aug 21, 2023

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Global Atlantic →4 incidents on file

Global Atlantic Financial Group LLC notified South Carolina residents of a third-party data breach involving vendor Pension Benefits Information LLC (PBI). Cybercriminals exploited a vulnerability in PBI's MOVEit file transfer application on May 29-30, 2023, exfiltrating policyholder data including names and government IDs. Global Atlantic's own systems were not compromised. Notification was sent July 28, 2023, offering two years of Experian IdentityWorks.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 9 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 75 days

May 29, 2023

Begins

Jun 7, 2023

Discovered

Aug 21, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Global Atlantic
norm: global atlantic
Domain: globalatlantic.com

Name: Global Atlantic
norm: global atlantic
Domain: globalatlantic.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 7, 2023
Breach occurred: May 29, 2023 – May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 9 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 28, 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 ChannelT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported the incident to the appropriate authorities
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged outside experts
Worked with PBI to understand the nature and scope of information impacted
Reported the incident to the appropriate authorities
Offering a complimentary two-year membership in Experian’s IdentityWorks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(75 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Security%20Breach%20Notices/GlobalAtlanticFinancial%20GroupLLC.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 21, 2023
Raw hash: 194cb7dbf02610bad72dc2c58067c7ec2cc4892e22ad1e8d0dc54dc3b34f69a4

Reporting entityGlobal Atlantic

Victim entityGlobal Atlantic

Incidentdiscovered Jun 7, 2023

Stated responseEngaged outside experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov