HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)PIIMediumContained

TRISTAR Insurance Group

bd_356d9341bc65e07b · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 10, 2022

Filed

Feb 2, 2024

To disclose

15 months

Affected

1,488state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for TRISTAR Insurance Group →

TRISTAR Insurance Group notified South Carolina regulators of a November 2022 unauthorized access to its email environment and systems. The incident involved the exfiltration of customer information, including names and other PII. TRISTAR engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring services. No evidence of misuse was found.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due15 months discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 6 days

discovery → filing · 15 months / 449 days

Nov 4, 2022

Begins

Nov 10, 2022

Discovered

Feb 2, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+56 wks slower

This filing is one of 10 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Illinois State AGbd_1aa431b33b6356462024-02-01 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_1e38d13088c3be462024-02-01 · +1dVerified
California State AGbd_a90284032b05fe162024-02-01 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_d4f88d85def796802024-02-01 · +1dVerified

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 53d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_e4c57a2c71196cb52024-02-01 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_c6053076ac9ab7e12024-01-19 · +14dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_9449f03ad3d6982f2024-03-18 · +45dVerified
California State AGbd_38cc11377e6d2c0f2023-12-11 · +53dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_5d21d30a5cca754a2023-12-11 · +53dVerified

Name: TRISTAR Insurance Group
norm: tristar insurance
Domain: tristargroup.net

Name: TRISTAR Insurance Group
norm: tristar insurance
Domain: tristargroup.net
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 10, 2022
Breach occurred: Nov 4, 2022 – Nov 9, 2022
Undetected for: 6 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 2, 2024
Affected individuals: 1,488state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email CollectionT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported this event to law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Immediately secured the environment
Launched an investigation with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Reported this event to law enforcement and are cooperating and assisting in their investigation
Implemented additional technical safeguards
Reviewed policies and procedures relating to data privacy and security
Offering complimentary access to credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services
Changes made: Implemented additional technical safeguards
Reviewed policies and procedures relating to data privacy and security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 months(449 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 8 states

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California State AGDec 11 · first

Massachusetts State AGDec 11 · first

Montana State AG+39d

Illinois State AG+52d

Maine State AG+52d

California State AG+52d

Indiana State AG+52d

New Hampshire State AG+52d

South Carolina State AG+53d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+98d

Pattern: first filing Dec 11 (CA), last Mar 18 (NH) — a 98-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Security%20Breach%20Notices/TRISTARInsuranceCompany.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 2, 2024
Raw hash: c0c96949f5035385c68389a9890595c3753424b959d7ecb74a4257b174726eaf

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTRISTAR Insurance Group

Victim entityTRISTAR Insurance Group

Incidentdiscovered Nov 10, 2022

Stated responseImmediately secured the environment

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov