HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesVulnerability ExploitSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Pension Benefit Information, LLC

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 31, 2023

Filed

Sep 15, 2023

To disclose

15 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

78 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Pension Benefit Information, LLC →18 incidents on file

Pension Benefit Information, LLC (PBI) disclosed a data breach resulting from a vulnerability in Progress Software's MOVEit Transfer product. An unauthorized third party exploited this vulnerability to access PBI's MOVEit server on May 29-30, 2023, and downloaded data. PBI discovered the incident on May 31, 2023, when Progress disclosed the vulnerability. The affected data includes names and other basic identity information. PBI has patched servers, investigated the scope, and is offering 12 months of credit monitoring via Kroll.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d15 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 15 weeks / 107 days

May 29, 2023

Begins

May 31, 2023

Discovered

Sep 15, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 78 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Progress Software Corporation supply-chain incident (2023) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

A leak claim by cl0p about this victim predates this filing by 51 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_a1e18d6a91a9c2642023-09-18 · +3dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_83b0b7e92e935f832023-09-19 · +4dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_37d305ef794986a72023-09-22 · +7dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_bfdddb738587af7e2023-09-25 · +10dVerified by operator

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 189d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_a6e5644826fd8b212023-09-26 · +11dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_79b9877e3d9483002023-09-28 · +13dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_a8e1e642699a092d2023-09-01 · +14dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_b69424490ab506fe2023-08-31 · +15dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_0cfce55dc81593cd2024-03-22 · +189dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_446f6dca6655bc6e2024-03-22 · +189dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 77 linked disclosures.

Name: Pension Benefit Information, LLC
norm: pension benefit information
Domain: mypensionbenefitinformation.com

Name: Pension Benefit Information, LLC
norm: pension benefit information
Domain: mypensionbenefitinformation.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 31, 2023
Breach occurred: May 29, 2023 – May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Third party: via Progress Software
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the MOVEit vulnerability’s impact on our systems
Conducted a manual review of our records to confirm the identities of individuals potentially affected
Patched servers
Assessed the security of our systems
Notified potentially affected customers and individuals associated with those customers
Offering 12 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: 15 weeks(107 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗

California State AGAug 31 · first

California State AG+1d

California State AG+15d · this page

California State AG+18d

California State AG+19d

New Hampshire State AG+22d

California State AG+25d

New Hampshire State AG+26d

New Hampshire State AG+28d

Vermont State AG+204d

New Hampshire State AG+204d

Pattern: first filing Aug 31 (CA), last Mar 22 (NH) — a 204-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 77 — the full spread may be wider.

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-573364
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 15, 2023
Raw hash: 644843c7311030032a306db3374f6d486e7e61120eefa08c72ecfff811126fd2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPension Benefit Information, LLC

Victim entityPension Benefit Information, LLC

Incidentdiscovered May 31, 2023

Stated responseLaunched an investigation into the nature and scope of the MOVEit vulnerability’s impact on our systems

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov