HackingHealthcareProfessional ServicesHealthcareStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

Benefit Plan Administrators, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 13, 2021

Filed

Jun 27, 2022

To disclose

41 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Benefit Plan Administrators, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Benefit Plan Administrators, Inc. notified the NH Attorney General of unauthorized network access on or about September 13, 2021. The incident potentially exposed personal and PHI of 5 NH residents, including names, SSNs, and medical data. Notification to affected individuals began June 15, 2022, offering 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 41 weeks / 287 days

Sep 13, 2021

Begins

Sep 13, 2021

Discovered

Jun 27, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+29 wks slower

This filing is one of 10 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_3a85b6c38c6dc6122022-06-27Verified
HHS OCRbd_409c66c0c1ffee3a2022-06-27Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_92904643869f78d32022-06-29 · +2dVerified
HHS OCRbd_d20696148fe5b2982022-06-29 · +2dVerified

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 177d gap

HHS OCRbd_2a5a075a1d32ba512022-06-30 · +3dVerified
HHS OCRbd_af8b85636addd72a2022-07-08 · +11dVerified
HHS OCRbd_e60b64cf9d856e112022-07-08 · +11dVerified
HHS OCRbd_1ec81f9c9f9445392022-07-25 · +28dCandidate
Illinois State AGbd_b82da81ca56a06fa2022-01-01 · +177dCandidate

Name: Benefit Plan Administrators, Inc.
norm: benefit plan administrators

Name: Benefit Plan Administrators, Inc.
norm: benefit plan administrators
Industry: HealthcarellmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 13, 2021
Breach occurred: Sep 13, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 15, 2022
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Notified the employers listed at Exhibit A of the incident on or about May 16, 2022
Notifying the Employees on behalf of the employers listed at Exhibit A commencing on or about June 15, 2022
Providing twelve months of complimentary credit monitoring services
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 41 weeks(287 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

HHS OCR+177d

New Hampshire State AG+177d · this page

South Carolina State AG+179d

HHS OCR+179d

HHS OCR+180d

HHS OCR+188d

HHS OCR+205d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jul 25 (VA) — a 205-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/benefit-plan-administrators-20220627.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 27, 2022
Raw hash: 093cb845c3dc070bd8c0e4b89dc7a80800505ded24de6c100e9696d9826af90e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBenefit Plan Administrators, Inc.

Victim entityBenefit Plan Administrators, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 13, 2021

Stated responseLaunched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov