HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentMediumContained

Transamerica

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jun 1, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Transamerica →9 incidents on file

Transamerica disclosed unauthorized access to retirement plan online accounts via compromised third-party user credentials between March 2017 and January 2018. Affected data included names, addresses, SSNs, dates of birth, financial account info, and employment details. No evidence of network compromise; attackers used stolen credentials. Identity monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

Mar 1, 2017

Begins

Jun 1, 2018

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_4314b6d0336507152018-06-01Verified

Name: Transamerica
norm: transamerica

Name: Transamerica
norm: transamerica
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Mar 1, 2017 – Jan 31, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 30, 2018
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmployment
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Contacted appropriate law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Began an investigation as soon as we learned of the incident
Engaged a leading cybersecurity forensics firm
Contacted appropriate law enforcement
Flagged accounts for special handling to prevent unauthorized persons from making changes to or accessing your account information
Arranged to offer identity monitoring services at no cost to you for one year
Changes made: Establish login credentials for your online Transamerica Retirement Solutions account using a complex password
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Oregon State AGJun 1 · first

California State AGJun 1 · 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.

Source URL: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-136747
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 1, 2018
Raw hash: ed01c4228d94ae3d50c03a0d57045823238fa149c73a2cbbe20f53e33633c664

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTransamerica

Victim entityTransamerica

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseBegan an investigation as soon as we learned of the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov