Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesHealthcareFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsMulti-Stage ChainCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPIIMediumContained

AMERITAS LIFE INSURANCE CORP.

bd_232628a43e3cf882 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 9, 2019

Filed

Jul 8, 2019

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

124state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for AMERITAS LIFE INSURANCE CORP. →7 incidents on file

Ameritas Life Insurance Corporation notified Montana residents of a data breach resulting from a phishing campaign that compromised employee email credentials between May 1 and June 4, 2019. The incident exposed personal information including names, addresses, SSNs, and DOBs. Ameritas engaged forensic investigators, reset passwords, and provided one year of Kroll identity monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 8 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

May 1, 2019

Begins

May 9, 2019

Discovered

Jul 8, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_4ebf9bf27fe79d862019-07-08Verified
California State AGbd_9f1469c41d78006f2019-07-08Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_9185045f7bac67632019-07-11 · +3dVerified

Name: AMERITAS LIFE INSURANCE CORP.
norm: ameritas life insurance

Name: AMERITAS LIFE INSURANCE CORP.
norm: ameritas life insurance
Industry: Financial ServicesllmHealthcarellm

Discovered: May 9, 2019
Breach occurred: May 1, 2019 – Jun 4, 2019
Undetected for: 8 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 9, 2019
Affected individuals: 124state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPII
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Contacted law enforcement and will continue to work with them during their investigation
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged a forensic firm to assist in understanding the technical aspects of the incident
Disabled the unauthorized access
Deployed a mandatory enterprise-wide password reset
Contacted law enforcement
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost to you for one year
Changes made: Implemented security enhancements to strengthen our security defenses against future attempts
Associates involved have received additional training to help prevent future incidents
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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HHS OCRJul 8 · first

California State AGJul 8 · first

Montana State AGJul 8 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Breach-NotificationDetails-22.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 8, 2019
Raw hash: 6618cacfd18aa205dc04bfa3abe64016757b78f0bf204065cdad226c27889a92

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAMERITAS LIFE INSURANCE CORP.

Victim entityAMERITAS LIFE INSURANCE CORP.

Incidentdiscovered May 9, 2019

Stated responseEngaged a forensic firm to assist in understanding the technical aspects of the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov