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

Pension Benefit Information, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 16, 2023

Filed

Aug 11, 2023

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

78 filings

Confidence

66%

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

Baltimore County, Maryland, reported a data security incident involving its third-party vendor, Pension Benefit Information, LLC (PBI). PBI's MOVEit Transfer software was exploited by an unauthorized third party on May 29-30, 2023. The incident affected 2 Idaho residents, whose names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and gender were accessed. PBI offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Kroll/Experian.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 18 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 56 days

May 29, 2023

Begins

Jun 16, 2023

Discovered

Aug 11, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

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 →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_a8e1e642699a092d2023-09-01 · +21dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_e7b97bfb552d05992023-09-15 · +35dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_a1e18d6a91a9c2642023-09-18 · +38dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_83b0b7e92e935f832023-09-19 · +39dVerified by operator

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New Hampshire State AGbd_37d305ef794986a72023-09-22 · +42dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_bfdddb738587af7e2023-09-25 · +45dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_a6e5644826fd8b212023-09-26 · +46dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_79b9877e3d9483002023-09-28 · +48dVerified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_0cfce55dc81593cd2024-03-22 · +224dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_446f6dca6655bc6e2024-03-22 · +224dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 77 linked disclosures.

Name: Baltimore County, Maryland
norm: baltimore county

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

Discovered: Jun 16, 2023
Breach occurred: May 29, 2023 – May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 18 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 10, 2023
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notice of PBI MOVEit Data Security Incident filed with Idaho Attorney General’s Office Consumer Protection Division
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: PBI promptly launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the MOVEit vulnerability’s impact on its systems
PBI conducted a manual review of its records to confirm the identities of individuals potentially affected
PBI is providing affected individuals access to complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Kroll/Experian
Changes made: PBI continues to assess and update security measures and training to PBI team members to safeguard the privacy and security of information in its care
PBI regularly evaluates the evolving risk landscape and implements controls to mitigate those risks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(56 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 4 states

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Idaho State AGAug 11 · first · this page

California State AG+21d

California State AG+35d

California State AG+38d

California State AG+39d

New Hampshire State AG+42d

California State AG+45d

New Hampshire State AG+46d

New Hampshire State AG+48d

Vermont State AG+224d

New Hampshire State AG+224d

Pattern: first filing Aug 11 (ID), last Mar 22 (NH) — a 224-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://www.ag.idaho.gov/content/uploads/2023/08/8-11-2023-Baltimore-County.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 11, 2023
Raw hash: dbcd10f15214f1df97b8fb3e574c621eee2498c7a8da39afe6c849c1e6cc5bfe

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBaltimore County, Maryland

Victim entityPension Benefit Information, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jun 16, 2023

Stated responsePBI promptly launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the MOVEit vulnerability’s impact on its systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.ag.idaho.gov