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AccidentalFinancial ServicesFinanceMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 13, 2019

Filed

Nov 27, 2019

To disclose

14 days

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company4 incidents on file

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company disclosed an internal processing error on November 13, 2019, that inadvertently disclosed personal information (name and SSN) of retirement participants to another plan's participants. The incident was detected immediately, no misuse was found, and affected individuals were offered one year of free credit monitoring.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 14 days

Nov 13, 2019

Discovered

Nov 27, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView 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.