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SEI Private Trust Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 29, 2018

Filed

Feb 20, 2019

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for SEI Private Trust Company

SEI Private Trust Company experienced a security breach due to a system update on a web-based reporting tool on September 22, 2018. The issue caused authorized users to generate reports containing participant-level information (names, SSNs, account numbers) for unrelated plans. SEI discovered the issue on November 29, 2018, disabled the tool, and notified affected individuals starting February 15, 2019. Two New Hampshire residents were notified. No malicious attack was involved.

Incident timeline

undetected · 68 days
discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 83 days

Sep 22, 2018

Begins

Nov 29, 2018

Discovered

Feb 20, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2 affectedView incident

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.