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AccidentalFinancial ServicesFinanceMisdeliveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

Principal Life Insurance Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 6, 2021

Filed

Jul 22, 2021

To disclose

16 days

Affected · nationwide

332 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Principal Life Insurance Company →17 incidents on file

Principal Life Insurance Company reported an inadvertent disclosure of personal information affecting two Maine residents. The breach, which occurred and was discovered on July 6, 2021, resulted in the compromise of names and Social Security numbers. The company notified affected individuals on July 23, 2021, and offered one year of 3-in-1 credit monitoring services through Equifax.

Maine clockDiscovered Jul 6, 2021 → Filed with AG Jul 22, 202116d ✓ ME AG ≤30d16 days discovery → filing
⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 16 days

Jul 6, 2021

Begins

Jul 6, 2021

Discovered

Jul 22, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGJul 9 · first
Massachusetts State AGJul 9 · first
Massachusetts State AG+13d
Maine State AG+13d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 9 (IN), last Jul 22 (ME) — a 13-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.