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METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 5, 2026

Filed

Feb 17, 2026

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

1

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO →46 incidents on file

On January 5, 2026, a MetLife associate inadvertently attached an incorrect long-term disability report containing name, date of birth, claim number, and SSN to an email sent to four contacts at another MetLife group customer. The recipients deleted the email. MetLife offered 18 months of credit monitoring.

Massachusetts clock⏱ MA AG >30d6 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 43 days

Jan 5, 2026

Begins

Jan 5, 2026

Discovered

Feb 17, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

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.