MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Delaware Life

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 9, 2023

Filed

Jul 28, 2023

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Delaware Life →6 incidents on file

Delaware Life Insurance Company notified individuals of a ransomware incident detected on February 9, 2023. The attacker accessed and acquired files containing names, addresses, dates of birth, SSNs, and policy numbers. The company engaged forensic investigators, notified the FBI and regulators, and offered 24 months of identity theft protection services. Notification letters were sent on July 28, 2023.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d24 weeks 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 · 24 weeks / 169 days

Feb 9, 2023

Begins

Feb 9, 2023

Discovered

Jul 28, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+16 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by dispossessor about this victim predates this filing by 165 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (2)

Leak Siteransomhousebd_ce46a894d90e5d332023-03-11 · +138dVerified
Leak Sitedispossessorbd_e4c569822739f3c32023-02-12 · +165dVerified

Name: Delaware Life
norm: delaware life
Domain: delawarelife.com

Name: Delaware Life
norm: delaware life
Domain: delawarelife.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 9, 2023
Breach occurred: Feb 9, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 28, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Alerted appropriate regulatory authoritiesAlerted the Federal Bureau of Investigation

During the incident: Took steps to isolate and secure systems
Retained a leading third-party forensics firm to conduct a thorough investigation
Alerted appropriate regulatory authorities
Alerted the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Changes made: Scanned systems for and remediated identified indicators of compromise
Deployed additional advanced endpoint detection and monitoring tools
Making infrastructure enhancements to strengthen and harden the security posture
Offering identity theft protection services through IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(169 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >90d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.

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://cca.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Letter.2023-0912.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 28, 2023
Raw hash: 22ab0d1a91179544fe39e08db176314639fc47d4f8c34c8d82dba16a069cd403

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (2)

Reporting entityDelaware Life

Victim entityDelaware Life

Incidentdiscovered Feb 9, 2023

Stated responseTook steps to isolate and secure systems

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancecca.hawaii.gov