HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)TargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

WASHINGTON NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 29, 2023

Filed

Jan 29, 2024

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for WASHINGTON NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY →5 incidents on file

Washington National Insurance Company disclosed that a sophisticated threat actor targeted a senior officer's cellular account via a SIM swapping attack facilitated by a wireless carrier retailer. The actor bypassed multi-factor authentication to access company data, including policyholders' names, SSNs, and dates of birth. The incident was discovered on November 29, 2023. The company engaged law enforcement and forensic investigators, contained the access, and is offering identity theft protection.

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California clockDiscovered Nov 29, 2023 → Notified Jan 26, 202458d ✓ CA 60-day OK9 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 61 days

Nov 28, 2023

Begins

Nov 29, 2023

Discovered

Jan 29, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_11120bc7f0efd63a2024-01-30 · +1dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_1062194d9f8fbff42024-01-31 · +2dVerified
New Hampshire State AGScattered Spiderbd_90bf9c26fb0cf0e42024-01-31 · +2dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_b04b29fd09779ac52024-01-31 · +2dVerified

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Indiana State AGbd_dd14b3bb28be9b922024-01-26 · +3dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_ff3d5fc8075681c22024-01-01 · +28dVerified

Name: WASHINGTON NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY
norm: washington national insurance

Name: WASHINGTON NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY
norm: washington national insurance
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 29, 2023
Breach occurred: Nov 28, 2023
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 26, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcementWorking with the Federal Bureau of InvestigationWorking with the Offices of the United States Attorneys
Third party: via Wireless carrier retailer
Initial access: trusted_relationship

During the incident: Notified law enforcement
Began working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Began working with the Offices of the United States Attorneys
Disabled the senior officer’s corporate access
Reset passwords for personnel
Blocked the threat actor’s potential access
Scanned our environment
Engaged federal law enforcement
Hired an external forensics investigator to conduct an investigation
Took steps to further restrict and monitor access to our systems
Enhanced security procedures
Enhanced our policyholder safeguards
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures designed to prevent the reoccurrence of this type of an event
Offering identity theft protection services through IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(61 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 58d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Nov 29, 2023
→ Notified: Jan 26, 2024
58d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Nov 29, 2023 → Notified: Jan 26, 2024	58d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Indiana State AG+25d

California State AG+28d · this page

Maine State AG+29d

Montana State AG+30d

New Hampshire State AG+30d

Massachusetts State AG+30d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jan 31 (MA) — a 30-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-580118
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 29, 2024
Raw hash: 471d6a76c3ec88062ac442c77981f642a9616277d6f007630f4a849cae04e9ea

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWASHINGTON NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY

Victim entityWASHINGTON NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY

Incidentdiscovered Nov 29, 2023

Stated responseNotified law enforcement

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov