HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceVulnerability ExploitSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Tiaa-cref Life Insurance Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 9, 2023

Filed

Aug 1, 2023

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

162state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Tiaa-cref Life Insurance Company →5 incidents on file

TIAA-CREF Life Insurance Company notified the Idaho Attorney General of a data security incident involving its third-party vendor, Pension Benefit Information, LLC (PBI). PBI's MOVEit Transfer server was exploited between May 29-30, 2023, leading to the exfiltration of files containing names, SSNs, dates of birth, addresses, and gender of 162 Idaho residents. TIAA and PBI investigated, identified affected individuals, and provided 2 years of free credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 11 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 53 days

May 29, 2023

Begins

Jun 9, 2023

Discovered

Aug 1, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Pension Benefit Information, LLC supply-chain incident (2023) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_5876c4c2a15a0cb72023-08-01Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_a903f29f5cdcd31c2023-08-02 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_c409725c75cde49b2023-08-02 · +1dVerified
Washington State AGbd_e470d727916117af2023-08-02 · +1dVerified

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Indiana State AGbd_637bad0cdc32a2592023-07-28 · +4dVerified

Name: Tiaa-cref Life Insurance Company
norm: tiaa cref life insurance

Name: Tiaa-cref Life Insurance Company
norm: tiaa cref life insurance
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 9, 2023
Breach occurred: May 29, 2023 – May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 11 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 28, 2023
Affected individuals: 162state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Idaho Attorney General's Office Consumer Protection Division
Third party: via Pension Benefit Information, LLC
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Worked with PBI to promptly investigate the nature and scope of the event
Reconciled specific files against our own records to determine the impact to specific individuals
Agreed to notify TIAA Life affected individuals through its vendor, Kroll
Offered two (2) years of free credit monitoring, fraud consulting and identity theft restoration services
Changes made: PBI installed the patches and promptly launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the MOVEit vulnerability’s impact on their systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(53 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Indiana State AGJul 28 · first

California State AG+4d

Idaho State AG+4d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Montana State AG+5d

Washington State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Jul 28 (IN), last Aug 2 (WA) — a 5-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://www.ag.idaho.gov/content/uploads/2023/08/8-1-2023-TIAA-CREF-Life-Insurance-Company.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 1, 2023
Raw hash: f719277b1586211011b3c30309b77837335aa8dd4986c6ebac671f0031a1280c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTiaa-cref Life Insurance Company

Victim entityTiaa-cref Life Insurance Company

Incidentdiscovered Jun 9, 2023

Stated responseWorked with PBI to promptly investigate the nature and scope of the event

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.ag.idaho.gov