MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Life Quotes, Inc.

bd_364293abc8062c8b · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 20, 2020

Filed

Dec 31, 2020

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Life Quotes, Inc. →

Life Quotes, Inc. experienced a ransomware attack on October 19-20, 2020, resulting in system encryption. The company discovered the incident on October 20, 2020. Personal information, potentially including names and addresses, may have been accessed. The company engaged forensic experts, notified law enforcement and regulators, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 72 days

Oct 19, 2020

Begins

Oct 20, 2020

Discovered

Dec 31, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGContibd_156b2f673162e0c22020-12-31Candidate
Oregon State AGbd_2e6b69878d47b6292020-12-31Verified
Montana State AGbd_37fd5e6cd2e63db42020-12-31Verified
Indiana State AGbd_b0583ff712a899182020-12-31Verified

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 36d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_dd015b554c2d3e2e2020-12-31Verified
Maine State AGbd_e9e849a7d785f0ce2020-12-31Verified
Maine State AGbd_18b349f88396eb8b2021-01-26 · +26dVerified
Maine State AGbd_27b6ce805e89cdab2021-02-05 · +36dVerified
California State AGbd_63d23347e48f7bd82021-02-05 · +36dVerified

Name: Life Quotes, Inc.
norm: life quotes

Name: Life Quotes, Inc.
norm: life quotes
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 20, 2020
Breach occurred: Oct 19, 2020 – Oct 20, 2020
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 31, 2020
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified regulatory agenciesReported the incident to law enforcement agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation

During the incident: Took immediate steps to secure our systems prior to restoration
Retained outside cybersecurity experts to conduct an investigation
Implemented additional security measures to further harden our digital environment
Reported the incident to law enforcement agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Notified regulatory agencies and credit reporting agencies
Offering 12 months of complimentary credit and identity monitoring services through CyberScout
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures to further harden our digital environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(72 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 7 states

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Washington State AGDec 31 · first

Oregon State AGDec 31 · first

Montana State AGDec 31 · first

Indiana State AGDec 31 · first

New Hampshire State AGDec 31 · first

Maine State AGDec 31 · first

California State AGDec 31 · first · this page

Maine State AG+26d

Maine State AG+36d

California State AG+36d

Pattern: first filing Dec 31 (WA), last Feb 5 (CA) — a 36-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-197676
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 31, 2020
Raw hash: 77d398d7cadf5056433bcd3c8e3180512b5f5b27c15749a1aa00c6913379b644

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLife Quotes, Inc.

Victim entityLife Quotes, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 20, 2020

Stated responseTook immediate steps to secure our systems prior to restoration

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov