MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPCIMediumActive

NATIONAL WESTERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 15, 2020

Filed

Jan 25, 2021

To disclose

23 weeks

Affected

585state residents only

Linked

13 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for NATIONAL WESTERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY →2 incidents on file

National Western Life Insurance Company (NWL) disclosed a malware incident discovered on August 15, 2020, affecting systems between August 7-10, 2020. The breach impacted 585 Delaware residents, exposing names, SSNs, policy numbers, financial account info, payment card data, and tax IDs. NWL engaged third-party investigators, notified federal law enforcement, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring. The investigation and manual file review were ongoing at the time of filing.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d23 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 8 days

discovery → filing · 23 weeks / 163 days

Aug 7, 2020

Begins

Aug 15, 2020

Discovered

Jan 25, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+14 wks slower

This filing is one of 13 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by revil about this victim predates this filing by 177 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_2382ce0888148ff52021-01-25Verified
Montana State AGbd_91744b9aac9f3dc92021-01-25Verified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_b5616314c7b5c9c52021-01-25Verified by operator
California State AGbd_df6f1c04fd2bb9922021-01-25Verified by operator

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New Hampshire State AGbd_ffb13f2bdc98dbbd2021-01-29 · +4dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_9a5622402421f3432021-01-20 · +5dVerified by operator
Oregon State AGbd_8fa820551fed17492021-01-19 · +6dVerified by operator
Hawaii State AGbd_0474e4e1745534fc2021-01-14 · +11dVerified by operator
Washington State AGbd_8669ce602134ae652021-01-14 · +11dVerified
Idaho State AGbd_c810b562b965d65b2021-01-14 · +11dVerified

Showing first 10 of 12 linked disclosures.

Name: NATIONAL WESTERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
norm: national western life insurance
Domain: nationalwesternlife.com

Name: NATIONAL WESTERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
norm: national western life insurance
Domain: nationalwesternlife.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 15, 2020
Breach occurred: Aug 7, 2020 – Aug 10, 2020
Undetected for: 8 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 25, 2021
Affected individuals: 585state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: preliminary notice to your office
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Launched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party investigators
Engaged a third-party firm to programmatically and manually review the files at issue
Internally reviewed their databases
Notified federal law enforcement
Offered impacted Delaware residents access to twelve (12) months of free credit monitoring and identity protection services through CyberScout
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing existing policies and procedures to reduce the likelihood of a similar future event
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 weeks(163 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >90d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 10 states

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Hawaii State AGJan 14 · first

Washington State AGJan 14 · first

Idaho State AGJan 14 · first

Oregon State AG+5d

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Massachusetts State AG+11d

Montana State AG+11d

Indiana State AG+11d

California State AG+11d

Delaware State AG+11d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+15d

Pattern: first filing Jan 14 (HI), last Jan 29 (NH) — a 15-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 12 — the full spread may be wider.

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://attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2021/02/Notice-of-Data-Event-NWL-DE-Exhibit-1.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 25, 2021
Raw hash: 01abaccf6ec6c1dc5106be178347c2223cc613af34feebee83b111f9f6ea8a0c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNATIONAL WESTERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Victim entityNATIONAL WESTERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Incidentdiscovered Aug 15, 2020

Stated responseLaunched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party investigators

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceattorneygeneral.delaware.gov