HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceVulnerability ExploitSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

The Global Atlantic Financial Group LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jun 7, 2023

Filed

Jul 28, 2023

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

62,433state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for The Global Atlantic Financial Group LLC →3 incidents on file

The Global Atlantic Financial Group LLC reported a breach involving third-party vendor Pension Benefits Information LLC (PBI). Cyber criminals exploited a vulnerability in MOVEit file transfer software to access data on May 29-30, 2023. Global Atlantic was notified on June 7, 2023. The incident impacted policyholder data including names and government IDs. 62,433 Washington residents were affected. Notices were sent on July 28, 2023, offering credit monitoring.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d7 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 9 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 51 days

May 29, 2023

Begins

Jun 7, 2023

Discovered

Jul 28, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 9 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

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Delaware State AGbd_996dba95423b35582023-07-28Verified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_ec0c41bc3c39285a2023-07-28Verified
Oregon State AGbd_017dc421aa010bff2023-08-08 · +11dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_5a405b4a1cd3139a2023-08-08 · +11dVerified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 48d gap

California State AGbd_2fd32b32e3e188182023-08-14 · +17dVerified by operator
South Carolina State AGbd_b23f92429171a6e12023-08-21 · +24dVerified by operator
Hawaii State AGbd_1494f54bf2a0d7e22023-08-24 · +27dVerified
Hawaii State AGbd_015fbc1ff94f7b262023-09-14 · +48dVerified

Name: The Global Atlantic Financial Group LLC
norm: the global atlantic financial
Domain: globalatlantic.com

Name: The Global Atlantic Financial Group LLC
norm: the global atlantic financial
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: 62,433state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
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
Reported the incident to the appropriate authorities
Offering a complimentary two-year membership in Experian’s IdentityWorksSM
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(51 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗

Delaware State AGJul 28 · first

Indiana State AGJul 28 · first

Washington State AGJul 28 · first · this page

Oregon State AG+11d

Massachusetts State AG+11d

California State AG+17d

South Carolina State AG+24d

Hawaii State AG+27d

Hawaii State AG+48d

Pattern: first filing Jul 28 (DE), last Sep 14 (HI) — a 48-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA26023.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 28, 2023
Raw hash: 7e59b5923cdd125d5bddfff13132693006b17804c71cd0d6ca1dadcbe4174bd7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Global Atlantic Financial Group LLC

Victim entityThe Global Atlantic Financial Group LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jun 7, 2023

Stated responseEngaged outside experts

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com