MalwareFinancial ServicesTechnologyFinanceRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Identity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Principal Life Insurance Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 2, 2023

Filed

Jul 3, 2024

To disclose

35 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Principal Life Insurance Company →17 incidents on file

Principal Life Insurance Company, via third-party administrator Infosys McCamish Systems, LLC, disclosed a ransomware incident in November 2023. Unauthorized access and acquisition of personal information occurred between Oct 29 and Nov 2, 2023. Principal's internal systems were not compromised. Data types included names and government IDs. 24 months of credit monitoring offered.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday35 weeks 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 · 4 days

discovery → filing · 35 weeks / 244 days

Oct 29, 2023

Begins

Nov 2, 2023

Discovered

Jul 3, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+26 wks slower

Part of INFOSYS MCCAMISH SYSTEMS, LLC supply-chain incident (2024) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: INFOSYS MCCAMISH SYSTEMS, LLC
norm: infosys mccamish

Name: Principal Life Insurance Company
norm: principal life insurance
Industry: Financial ServicesllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Nov 2, 2023
Breach occurred: Oct 29, 2023 – Nov 2, 2023
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 3, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement

During the incident: Began an investigation with the assistance of third-party cybersecurity experts
Assisted with containment
Ensured no ongoing unauthorized activity
Promptly notified law enforcement
Conducted a thorough and time-intensive review of the data at issue
Provided access to twenty-four (24) months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Kroll LLC
Changes made: Incident was contained and remediated in November 2023
Made additional improvements that strengthen cybersecurity posture
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 35 weeks(244 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
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.

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-07-03-principal-financial-group-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 3, 2024
Raw hash: c7e106f009951b4c57943426f60a8102ace382c4d4640170ae9a49161a9a9297

Reporting entityINFOSYS MCCAMISH SYSTEMS, LLC

Victim entityPrincipal Life Insurance Company

Incidentdiscovered Nov 2, 2023

Stated responseBegan an investigation with the assistance of third-party cybersecurity experts

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov