HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

TRISTAR Insurance Group

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 10, 2022

Filed

Dec 11, 2023

To disclose

13 months

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for TRISTAR Insurance Group →

TRISTAR Insurance Group notified the California Attorney General of a data breach involving unauthorized access to its email environment. The incident occurred between November 4 and November 9, 2022, and was discovered on November 10, 2022. The breach exposed customer information, including names and potentially other personal data. TRISTAR engaged forensic specialists, secured the environment, and is offering 24 months of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 6 days

discovery → filing · 13 months / 396 days

Nov 4, 2022

Begins

Nov 10, 2022

Discovered

Dec 11, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+48 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

Massachusetts State AGbd_5d21d30a5cca754a2023-12-11Verified
Montana State AGbd_c6053076ac9ab7e12024-01-19 · +39dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_1aa431b33b6356462024-02-01 · +52dVerified
Maine State AGbd_1e38d13088c3be462024-02-01 · +52dVerified

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 98d gap

California State AGbd_a90284032b05fe162024-02-01 · +52dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_d4f88d85def796802024-02-01 · +52dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_e4c57a2c71196cb52024-02-01 · +52dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_356d9341bc65e07b2024-02-02 · +53dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_9449f03ad3d6982f2024-03-18 · +98dVerified

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: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported this event to law enforcement

During the incident: Secured the environment
Launched an investigation with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Reported this event to law enforcement
Implemented additional technical safeguards
Reviewed policies and procedures relating to data privacy and security
Offering 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through Equifax
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: 13 months(396 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 · 8 states

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Massachusetts State AGDec 11 · first

California State AGDec 11 · first · this page

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

New Hampshire State AG+98d

Pattern: first filing Dec 11 (MA), 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-577720
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 11, 2023
Raw hash: 078fbe6f109ecac85f868c0861fe5259c976002f3473572f7f493e3db0053fa3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTRISTAR Insurance Group

Victim entityTRISTAR Insurance Group

Incidentdiscovered Nov 10, 2022

Stated responseSecured the environment

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov