HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Pension Benefit Information, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 31, 2023

Filed

Aug 8, 2023

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Pension Benefit Information, LLC (PBI) notified Montana residents of a data breach involving MOVEit Transfer software. An unauthorized third party exploited a vulnerability in Progress Software's MOVEit Transfer, accessing a server on May 29-30, 2023 and downloading data. PBI patched servers, investigated, and is offering 12 months of credit monitoring. Data likely included names and government IDs.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 69 days

May 29, 2023

Begins

May 31, 2023

Discovered

Aug 8, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

10 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Pension Benefit Information, LLC supply-chain incident (2023) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_27f033748566ecf22023-08-08Verified by operator
Maine State AGbd_a332f1d104970b102023-08-08Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_dc22e36e91605fcc2023-08-08Verified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_13cdc2e2bdeebea92023-08-03 · +5dVerified

Name: Pension Benefit Information, LLC
norm: pension benefit information

Name: Pension Benefit Information, LLC
norm: pension benefit information
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 31, 2023
Breach occurred: May 29, 2023 – May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Third party: via Progress Software
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Patched servers
Investigated the nature and scope of the MOVEit vulnerability’s impact
Assessed the security of our systems
Notified potentially affected customers and individuals
Offering 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Kroll
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing our information security policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(69 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGAug 3 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Maine State AG+5d

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Montana State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 3 (IN), last Aug 8 (MT) — a 5-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-530.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 8, 2023
Raw hash: 28e28e963db31bc4d8898432d7206b9dadb95ff1f78f75cb55cc665f533a1911

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPension Benefit Information, LLC

Victim entityPension Benefit Information, LLC

Incidentdiscovered May 31, 2023

Stated responsePatched servers

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov