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

Pension Benefit Information, LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jun 3, 2023

Filed

Sep 26, 2023

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

3,145state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

70%

Pension Benefit Information, LLC reported a cyberattack involving the exploitation of a vulnerability in Progress Software's MOVEit Transfer software. The incident occurred May 29-30, 2023, and was discovered on June 3, 2023. The attacker accessed a server and exfiltrated names and other data. 3,145 Washington residents were affected. PBI offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d16 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 · 5 days

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 115 days

May 29, 2023

Begins

Jun 3, 2023

Discovered

Sep 26, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_d17ecf612564cfc52023-09-26Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_98dd0f3c503e75962023-09-25 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_eb8459e932da4c0f2023-09-25 · +1dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_2efdd943770159342023-09-22 · +4dVerified

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Indiana State AGbd_7fdc70b96c1e5ca52023-09-05 · +21dVerified

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

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

Discovered: Jun 3, 2023
Breach occurred: May 29, 2023 – May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 5 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3,145state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
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 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Third party: via Progress Software
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: 16 weeks(115 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
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 · 6 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGSep 5 · first

Massachusetts State AG+17d

Massachusetts State AG+20d

Montana State AG+20d

Oregon State AG+21d

Washington State AG+21d · this page

Pattern: first filing Sep 5 (IN), last Sep 26 (WA) — a 21-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/BreachA26603.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 26, 2023
Raw hash: 34cdfe6c80763d138c82d2e8207d440d2d56b70edb1516cd8148529288b6f9e9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPension Benefit Information, LLC

Victim entityPension Benefit Information, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jun 3, 2023

Stated responsePatch servers

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com