Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

MedicareCompareUSA

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 1, 2024

Filed

May 12, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

10state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for MedicareCompareUSA →2 incidents on file

MedicareCompareUSA notified Nebraska AG of unauthorized access to email accounts between Nov 5-21, 2024. 10 Nebraska residents affected. Data included names, SSNs, financial account numbers, and driver's licenses. Notification sent May 12, 2025. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

Nov 5, 2024

Begins

May 12, 2025

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_2fc94a37464c11822025-05-12Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_46c19824df0887a82025-05-12Verified
Washington State AGbd_4ad1162fc1d212e32025-05-12Candidate
Illinois State AGbd_825255333fccfd4a2025-05-01 · +11dVerified

Name: MedicareCompareUSA
norm: medicarecompareusa

Name: MedicareCompareUSA
norm: medicarecompareusa
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 1, 2024
Breach occurred: Nov 5, 2024 – Nov 21, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 12, 2025
Affected individuals: 10state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: providing written notice of this incident to relevant state and federal regulators
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure its environment
Launched an investigation
Began an extensive review of the accounts
Implemented additional safeguards and training to its employees
Providing access to credit monitoring services for one (1) year, through Transunion
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state and federal regulators
Providing written notice... to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Changes made: Implemented additional cybersecurity measures
Reviewed existing security policies
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Illinois State AGMay 1 · first

Indiana State AG+11d

Massachusetts State AG+11d

Washington State AG+11d

Nebraska State AG+11d · this page

Pattern: first filing May 1 (IL), last May 12 (NE) — a 11-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://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/8af01d57-7185-4073-ac4c-f404a24811e8.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 12, 2025
Raw hash: aae08c557af91db8ac33969733a4586b2fded4a6bea9052aaed83e4e0516e910

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMedicareCompareUSA

Victim entityMedicareCompareUSA

Incidentdiscovered Nov 1, 2024

Stated responseTook steps to secure its environment

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov