HackingFinancial ServicesProfessional ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Union Benefit Planners

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 7, 2018

Filed

Apr 10, 2019

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

8state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Union Benefit Planners →

Union Benefit Planners notified the NH AG of a data security incident affecting 8 NH residents. Unauthorized access to an employee email account occurred, potentially exposing names and SSNs. Discovered Nov 7, 2018; investigation completed March 26, 2019. Notifications sent March 29, 2019. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 154 days

Nov 7, 2018

Discovered

Apr 10, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

+14 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_4b35ee8c418ac0692019-04-10Verified
Montana State AGbd_80e37f34917526912019-04-10Candidate

Name: Union Benefit Planners
norm: union benefit planners

Name: Union Benefit Planners
norm: union benefit planners
Industry: Financial ServicesllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 7, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 29, 2019
Affected individuals: 8state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took steps to secure the email system
Engaged an independent computer forensics investigator to assist in an investigation
Changes made: Offering twelve (12) months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity monitoring services to the affected resident through CyberScout
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(154 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGApr 10 · first

Montana State AGApr 10 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 10 · first · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/union-benefit-planners-20190410.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 10, 2019
Raw hash: 8084779df24e0e7c23922d93f6c303b25326b58a621aa47860e67e552a277122

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUnion Benefit Planners

Victim entityUnion Benefit Planners

Incidentdiscovered Nov 7, 2018

Stated responseTook steps to secure the email system

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov