HackingProfessional ServicesOtherProfessional ServicesVulnerability ExploitCapture Stored DataSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedN-DayPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation

bd_c685c3c5e024f466 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 22, 2023

Filed

Jul 19, 2023

To disclose

27 days

Affected · nationwide

57511 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for American Civil Liberties Union Foundation →

ACLU Foundation notified NH AG of a breach involving third-party vendor Pension Benefit Information (PBI). PBI exploited a vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer software on May 29-30, 2023, exfiltrating PII of 575 donors/beneficiaries. ACLUF learned of the incident on June 22, 2023. Notifications sent July 21, 2023. 11 NH residents affected. PBI offered 24 months credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 24 days

discovery → filing · 27 days

May 29, 2023

Begins

Jun 22, 2023

Discovered

Jul 19, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Pension Benefit Information, LLC supply-chain incident (2023) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_2acdfa43e4f5db092023-07-21 · +2dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_7d138ab80207807c2023-07-21 · +2dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_a01244c735ad08562023-07-21 · +2dCandidate

Name: American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
norm: american civil liberties union

Name: American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
norm: american civil liberties union
Industry: Professional ServicesllmOtherllm

Discovered: Jun 22, 2023
Breach occurred: May 29, 2023 – May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 24 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 21, 2023
Affected individuals: 575state + nationwide
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General John M. Formella
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Activated its incident response team
Reconciled PBI's information with its own records
Notified affected individuals
Offered 24 months of credit monitoring services
Changes made: Patched servers
Assessed the security of their systems
Reviewing and enhancing information security practices and procedures
Reviewed own systems and determined they are not impacted
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 days(27 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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New Hampshire State AGJul 19 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+2d

Indiana State AG+2d

Vermont 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/american-civil-liberties-union-foundation-20230719.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 19, 2023
Raw hash: 13374db3275c557a4cc72529e3ebbdf6a058b05118ae66eb8bfc851b311983a5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation

Victim entityAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation

Incidentdiscovered Jun 22, 2023

Stated responseActivated its incident response team

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov