HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDCriticalContained

Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 6, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected · nationwide

212,1291,217 in this filing

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada →5 incidents on file

Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada filed a supplemental notice with the New Hampshire Attorney General regarding a security breach involving its third-party vendor, Pension Benefit Information, LLC (PBI). The incident stemmed from the exploitation of a vulnerability in Progress Software's MOVEit Transfer software. Unauthorized access occurred on May 29-30, 2023, resulting in data exfiltration. The breach affected approximately 212,129 individuals nationwide, including 1,217 New Hampshire residents. Affected data included names and government identifiers. Sun Life and PBI notified affected individuals on or about September 15, 2023, offering credit monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

May 29, 2023

Begins

Nov 6, 2023

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed212,129 affectedView incident

Name: Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
norm: sun life assurance company of canada

Name: Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
norm: sun life assurance company of canada
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: May 29, 2023 – May 30, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 15, 2023
Affected individuals: 212,129state + nationwide
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Patched servers
Investigate
Assess the security of our systems
Notify potentially affected customers and individuals
Reviewing and enhancing our information security policies and procedures
Offering you access to complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Kroll
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing our information security policies and procedures
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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/sun-life-insurance-company-canada-20231106.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 6, 2023
Raw hash: 5958d57d78f36c588a20c341466d548cf10a9c7a550e68ff086e21e956ba956a

Reporting entitySun Life Assurance Company of Canada

Victim entitySun Life Assurance Company of Canada

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responsePatched servers

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov