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Bankers Life and Casualty Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 4, 2021

Filed

Dec 30, 2021

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected · nationwide

3771 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Bankers Life and Casualty Company →6 incidents on file

On September 29, 2021, Bankers Life and Casualty Company experienced a business email compromise incident, which was discovered on October 4, 2021. The breach resulted in unauthorized access to personal information, including names and Social Security numbers, affecting 377 individuals. The company began notifying affected individuals on December 30, 2021, and offered 12 months of identity theft protection services through IDX.

Maine clockDiscovered Oct 4, 2021 → Filed with AG Dec 30, 202187d ⏱ ME AG >30d12 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 5 days
discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 87 days

Sep 29, 2021

Begins

Oct 4, 2021

Discovered

Dec 30, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGDec 30 · first
Massachusetts State AGDec 30 · first
Maine State AGDec 30 · first · this page

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.