HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceVulnerability ExploitCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDMediumContained

THE HARTFORD INSURANCE GROUP, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 26, 2021

Filed

Mar 2, 2021

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for THE HARTFORD INSURANCE GROUP, INC. →2 incidents on file

The Hartford Fire Insurance Company disclosed that unidentified persons used its public website to submit fraudulent auto insurance quote requests between December 2020 and February 2021. On January 26, 2021, the company discovered that these actors may have misused the online application to access consumers' driver's license numbers. The company engaged investigators, removed the ability to view driver's license numbers in the application, enhanced safeguards, and offered two years of identity theft protection via Experian.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 56 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 35 days

Dec 1, 2020

Begins

Jan 26, 2021

Discovered

Mar 2, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_d526fe0048b514b62021-03-02Verified
Indiana State AGbd_8b8a5cd7bfc9ef6e2021-03-08 · +6dVerified

Name: THE HARTFORD INSURANCE GROUP, INC.
norm: the hartford insurance

Name: THE HARTFORD INSURANCE GROUP, INC.
norm: the hartford insurance
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 26, 2021
Breach occurred: Dec 1, 2020 – Feb 3, 2021
Undetected for: 56 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government ID
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported the fraudulent activity to law enforcement and regulatory authorities
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged both our internal teams and outside professionals to investigate
Removed the ability to view driver’s license number in the online quote application
Reported the fraudulent activity to law enforcement and regulatory authorities
Offering, at no cost to you, a 2-year membership of Experian’s® IdentityWorksSM
Changes made: Enhanced our safeguards to protect against further unauthorized access to the personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(35 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGMar 2 · first

California State AGMar 2 · first · this page

Indiana State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Mar 2 (MA), last Mar 8 (IN) — a 6-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/sb24-538552
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 2, 2021
Raw hash: b45392237b005512d10ac6dfb2041fcdbc3da9d0013622d2219b32807ef16072

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTHE HARTFORD INSURANCE GROUP, INC.

Victim entityTHE HARTFORD INSURANCE GROUP, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 26, 2021

Stated responseEngaged both our internal teams and outside professionals to investigate

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov