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MisuseFinancial ServicesFinanceData MishandlingCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

State Farm Insurance Companies Employee Retirement Trust

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 28, 2012

Filed

Aug 23, 2012

To disclose

26 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for State Farm Insurance Companies Employee Retirement Trust →7 incidents on file

State Farm Insurance Companies notified customers of an incident involving a former employee who inappropriately used customer information, including names, addresses, birthdates, credit card numbers, and social security numbers. The agent became aware of the activity on July 28, 2012, which may have occurred over the preceding two months. The company is cooperating with law enforcement and offering credit monitoring services.

Incident timeline

undetected · 61 days
discovery → filing · 26 days

May 28, 2012

Begins

Jul 28, 2012

Discovered

Aug 23, 2012

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

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

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.