HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsPhishingData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainGovernment IDPIIMediumContained

Ethos Technologies Inc

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 8, 2022

Filed

Dec 21, 2022

To disclose

13 days

Affected

68state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Ethos Technologies Inc →2 incidents on file

Ethos Technologies Inc notified Montana residents of a cyberattack where unauthorized actors used stolen personal information (name, DOB, address) obtained from other sources to access Social Security numbers via the company's online insurance application flow. The incident occurred between August 4 and December 9, 2022. Ethos notified the FBI, engaged forensic investigators, and provided two years of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 126 days

discovery → filing · 13 days

Aug 4, 2022

Begins

Dec 8, 2022

Discovered

Dec 21, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_138847a223ea759e2022-12-21Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_3023deeb85c68b172022-12-21Verified
California State AGbd_46e2aa29e4614efd2022-12-21Verified
Oregon State AGbd_78f2062de73935142022-12-21Verified

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Maine State AGbd_b384766745fe731b2022-12-21Verified
Washington State AGbd_01d1752e984f24d92022-12-20 · +1dVerified
California State AGbd_bd4f1101ee6011882023-10-04 · +287dVerified

Name: Ethos Technologies Inc
norm: ethos technologies

Name: Ethos Technologies Inc
norm: ethos technologies
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 8, 2022
Breach occurred: Aug 4, 2022 – Dec 9, 2022
Undetected for: 126 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 21, 2022
Affected individuals: 68state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDPII
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBI
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified the FBI
Engaged an independent forensic investigation firm to assist with our investigation of and response to the incident
Made a series of technical changes to the software code of our website
Changes made: Made a series of technical changes to the software code of our website to prevent further unauthorized access to SSNs
Regularly conduct penetration testing
Undergo annual cyber security audits
Use threat prevention and detection software
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 days(13 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 7 states

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Washington State AGDec 20 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Indiana State AG+1d

California State AG+1d

Oregon State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d · this page

California State AG+288d

Pattern: first filing Dec 20 (WA), last Oct 4 (CA) — a 288-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-21.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 21, 2022
Raw hash: cad206183012a3c5a2649af85b563c7f522b85181ade17159ff1cc60d2a26b73

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEthos Technologies Inc

Victim entityEthos Technologies Inc

Incidentdiscovered Dec 8, 2022

Stated responseNotified the FBI

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov