HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)MediumContained

NationsBenefits Holdings, LLC

bd_f4ea46e421b654be · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 7, 2023

Filed

Apr 13, 2023

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

33,221state residents only

Linked

11 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for NationsBenefits Holdings, LLC →2 incidents on file

NationsBenefits Holdings, LLC notified South Carolina residents of a third-party vendor breach involving Fortra, LLC. The incident occurred around Jan 30, 2023, and was discovered on Feb 7, 2023. Personal information of beneficiaries was accessed. NationsBenefits engaged legal and cybersecurity firms, notified law enforcement, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due9 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 8 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 65 days

Jan 30, 2023

Begins

Feb 7, 2023

Discovered

Apr 13, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

This filing is one of 11 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of FORTRA, LLC 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

Vermont State AGbd_1b538b7a6b069a1e2023-04-13Verified
Montana State AGbd_27eb698b3f802e522023-04-13Verified
Indiana State AGbd_2991e4635882bafd2023-04-13Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_7a3042e338cc12002023-04-13Verified

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Delaware State AGbd_e00425fe19d51b102023-04-13Verified
HHS OCRbd_e85b721b457f6efc2023-04-13Verified
California State AGbd_5cf8474b7cde8f072023-04-14 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_538bde34078d74742023-04-20 · +7dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_90ff9cd7813fad7c2023-05-01 · +18dVerified
Maine State AGbd_be7b07047f2e066a2023-05-05 · +22dVerified

Name: NationsBenefits Holdings, LLC
norm: nationsbenefits holdings

Name: NationsBenefits Holdings, LLC
norm: nationsbenefits holdings
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 7, 2023
Breach occurred: Jan 30, 2023
Undetected for: 8 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 13, 2023
Affected individuals: 33,221state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Stopped using Fortra’s software
Worked with experienced legal counsel and a leading cybersecurity firm to conduct a comprehensive investigation
Notified law enforcement authorities
Changes made: Implemented and are continuing to implement additional procedures to further strengthen the security of our IT system environments
Offering a complimentary 24-month membership to Experian’s Identity Works
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(65 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 11 states

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Vermont State AGApr 13 · first

Montana State AGApr 13 · first

Indiana State AGApr 13 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 13 · first

Delaware State AGApr 13 · first

HHS OCRApr 13 · first

South Carolina State AGApr 13 · first · this page

California State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Oregon State AG+18d

Maine State AG+22d

Pattern: first filing Apr 13 (VT), last May 5 (ME) — a 22-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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2023/NationsBenefitsHoldingsLLC.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 13, 2023
Raw hash: 8a13aca120eaeceb8d4721c2a4dd4142cf587bdb2a3b4fc53db375ba3a7105a2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNationsBenefits Holdings, LLC

Victim entityNationsBenefits Holdings, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Feb 7, 2023

Stated responseStopped using Fortra’s software

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov