HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company

bd_12b18472701e179f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 18, 2024

Filed

Apr 23, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

6state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company →2 incidents on file

Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company reported a cybersecurity incident involving its Third Party Administrator, New Era Enterprises, Inc. (NEEI). NEEI identified unauthorized access to its IT network between December 9 and December 18, 2024, resulting in the copying of files containing policyholder data. The incident affected six Maryland residents. Boston Mutual and NEEI notified affected individuals via mail on March 10, 2025, offering credit monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 9 days

Dec 9, 2024

Begins

Dec 18, 2024

Discovered

Apr 23, 2026

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed6 affectedView incident

Name: Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company
norm: boston mutual life insurance
Domain: bostonmutual.com

Name: Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company
norm: boston mutual life insurance
Domain: bostonmutual.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 18, 2024
Breach occurred: Dec 9, 2024 – Dec 18, 2024
Undetected for: 9 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 10, 2025
Affected individuals: 6state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General Anthony G. Brown
Third party: via New Era Enterprises, Inc.
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Initiated its incident response protocols
Isolating certain systems
Beginning an investigation with assistance from a third-party cybersecurity firm
Mailed letters advising them of the incident
Offering complimentary credit monitoring services via Experian IdentityWorksSM Credit 3B
Established a dedicated, toll-free call center for individuals to call with questions
Changes made: Implemented, and will continue to adopt, additional safeguards and technical security measures to further protect and monitor its systems
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.

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.maryland.gov/resources-info/SBN%20Documents/2025/ITU-376967.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 23, 2026
Raw hash: 9a9287fd54f4d55dcac1689fc07d29e2e2cd3287609a281778187c7173444874

Reporting entityBoston Mutual Life Insurance Company

Victim entityBoston Mutual Life Insurance Company

Incidentdiscovered Dec 18, 2024

Stated responseInitiated its incident response protocols

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.maryland.gov