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Employee Benefits

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 7, 2018

Filed

May 25, 2018

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Employee Benefits →

Employee Benefits Corporation notified individuals of a phishing incident discovered on March 7, 2018. Phishing emails containing personal data (names, SSNs, emails) from EBC's internal systems were sent to plan participants. Forensic investigation found no compromise of EBC's systems. EBC is cooperating with the FBI and offering 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 79 days

Mar 7, 2018

Discovered

May 25, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_5f59687515c9a21c2018-05-22 · +3dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_afd96edef3b50ba12018-05-22 · +3dVerified
Montana State AGbd_b1653bb158d0ab1e2018-05-22 · +3dCandidate

Name: Employee Benefits
norm: employee benefits
Domain: ebsolutionsllc.com

Name: Employee Benefits
norm: employee benefits
Domain: ebsolutionsllc.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 7, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 10, 2018
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: cooperating with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s and state law enforcement’s Investigations
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the assistance of a third-party forensic investigation firm
Cooperating with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s and state law enforcement’s Investigations
Offering you access to 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services with TransUnion
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(79 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Massachusetts State AGMay 22 · first

New Hampshire State AGMay 22 · first

Montana State AGMay 22 · first

South Carolina State AG+3d · this page

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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2018/EmployeeBenefitsCorporation.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 25, 2018
Raw hash: 34b38b1600a29c7db5aee20b9d6aa786a3c3c48576a5cda56a7daf6c6214d1c0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEmployee Benefits

Victim entityEmployee Benefits

Incidentdiscovered Mar 7, 2018

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the assistance of a third-party forensic investigation firm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov