HackingFinancial ServicesTechnologyFinanceVulnerability ExploitCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Pension Benefit Information, LLC

bd_cf150ea653feaa0d · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 31, 2023

Filed

Aug 4, 2023

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

22,363state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Pension Benefit Information, LLC (PBI) disclosed a third-party software event involving the MOVEit Transfer vulnerability exploited by an unauthorized third party. The attacker accessed PBI's MOVEit Transfer servers on May 29-30, 2023, downloading data containing names and other data elements. PBI patched servers, investigated, and is offering 24 months of credit monitoring. The incident affects individuals associated with PBI's insurance and pension fund clients.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due9 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 65 days

May 29, 2023

Begins

May 31, 2023

Discovered

Aug 4, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_016026f131a68cb62023-08-04Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_84608f8881d861872023-08-04Verified
Oregon State AGbd_eac00102e231d3a12023-08-04Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_56713c903d2623ec2023-08-03 · +1dVerified

Name: Pension Benefit Information, LLC
norm: pension benefit information

Name: Pension Benefit Information, LLC
norm: pension benefit information
Industry: Financial ServicesllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: May 31, 2023
Breach occurred: May 29, 2023 – May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 22,363state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: 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: 9 weeks(65 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Massachusetts State AGAug 3 · first

Washington State AG+1d

Indiana State AG+1d

Oregon State AG+1d

South Carolina State AG+1d · 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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Security%20Breach%20Notices/HartfordLifeandAccidentInsuranceCompany.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 4, 2023
Raw hash: a4049a3a3165c57d1a42f4da92e4d5f242e67a8c271d39bbb294ef73d5ec47ab

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPension Benefit Information, LLC

Victim entityPension Benefit Information, LLC

Incidentdiscovered May 31, 2023

Stated responsePatch servers

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov