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HackingProfessional ServicesCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Strategic Benefits Advisors, Inc.

bd_ec306f1e59a5016e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 11, 2021

Filed

Nov 12, 2021

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

58,43196 in this filing

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Strategic Benefits Advisors, Inc.2 incidents on file

Strategic Benefits Advisors, Inc. reported an external system breach that occurred on September 18, 2021, and was discovered on October 11, 2021. The breach compromised the names and Social Security Numbers of 58,431 individuals, including 96 Maine residents. In response, the company provided written notification to affected individuals on October 19, 2021, and November 12, 2021, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian.

Maine clockDiscovered Oct 11, 2021Filed with AG Nov 12, 202132d ME AG >30d5 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 · 23 days
discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 32 days

Sep 18, 2021

Begins

Oct 11, 2021

Discovered

Nov 12, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Show 3 more filingsup to 24d gap

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗

Pattern: first filing Oct 19 (IN), last Nov 12 (ME) — a 24-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.