Centerstone Insurance and Financial Services d/b/a BenefitMall

Centerstone Insurance and Financial Services d/b/a BenefitMall notified California AG on Jan 3, 2019 of a data breach, which occurred on Oct 11, 2018. Data exposed: Social Security number, Financial / bank account, Date of birth, Email address, Postal address, Name.

Case file (dates, days to notice against the statute, what the letter offers, prior incidents)

Organization: Centerstone Insurance and Financial Services d/b/a BenefitMall
Source: California AG · source record
Date reported: Jan 3, 2019
Date(s) of breach: Wednesday, June 13, 2018Thursday, October 11, 2018
Residents affected: Not published by this source
Data exposed: Social Security number Financial / bank account Date of birth Email address Postal address Name
Notice letter: Sample notice (PDF)
Discovered: Oct 11, 2018, as stated in the letter
"What Happened On October 11, 2018, we became aware that Centerstone Insurance and Financial Services, d/b/a BenefitMall, (the “Company”) was the target of an email phishing attack that exposed employee email login credentials."
Days to notice: 84 days from discovery (Oct 11, 2018) to the California record (Jan 3, 2019). Statute: 30 days from discovery or notification of the breach (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.82). Over the statutory period
Offered in the letter: 24 months of credit or identity monitoring through Experian
First seen by BreachTally: 2026-10-30 16:13 UTC

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