HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesVulnerability ExploitSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Pension Benefit Information, LLC

bd_b9ceabc67e831911 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 31, 2023

Filed

Jul 10, 2023

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

891state residents only

Linked

46 records

Confidence

66%

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

Pension Benefit Information, LLC notified Montana residents of a data breach involving the MOVEit Transfer software vulnerability exploited by a third party on May 29-30, 2023. PBI confirmed unauthorized access and data download. Affected data likely includes PII and government IDs. PBI offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 40 days

May 29, 2023

Begins

May 31, 2023

Discovered

Jul 10, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

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 →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_00fe2e9a4aff52802023-08-24 · +45dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_07101c97c9594fc42023-08-24 · +45dVerified by operator
Washington State AGbd_44f7fcad123559952023-08-24 · +45dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_4546a76555186a092023-08-24 · +45dVerified by operator

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Massachusetts State AGbd_4884e0e283db90b42023-08-24 · +45dVerified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_ed5751101a0d93ee2023-08-25 · +46dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_fbf59513778aef8b2023-08-25 · +46dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_a1e18d6a91a9c2642023-09-18 · +70dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_83b0b7e92e935f832023-09-19 · +71dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_37d305ef794986a72023-09-22 · +74dVerified by operator

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: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 31, 2023
Breach occurred: May 29, 2023 – May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 891state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Third party: via Progress Software
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
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: 6 weeks(40 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗

Montana State AGJul 10 · first · this page

Vermont State AG+45d

Maine State AG+45d

Washington State AG+45d

Maine State AG+45d

Massachusetts State AG+45d

Vermont State AG+46d

South Carolina State AG+46d

California State AG+70d

California State AG+71d

New Hampshire State AG+74d

Pattern: first filing Jul 10 (MT), last Sep 22 (NH) — a 74-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-411.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 10, 2023
Raw hash: 01a3e2424455ff27c2b2eda63d925b28f5d1562e1dfb1a0dd50609853e8d227b

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

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov