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MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Ransom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

HERITAGE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

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Severity

High

Discovered

Mar 12, 2022

Filed

Oct 31, 2022

To disclose

33 weeks

Affected · nationwide

79,019414 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for HERITAGE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY →3 incidents on file

Heritage Life Insurance Company, a life insurance provider, reported a data breach affecting 79,019 individuals due to a ransomware attack at one of its IT service vendors. The breach occurred on March 11, 2022, and was discovered the following day. The compromised information included names and driver's license or non-driver identification card numbers. Affected individuals were notified starting on July 14, 2022, and were offered identity theft protection services.

Maine clockDiscovered Mar 12, 2022 → Filed with AG Oct 31, 2022233d ✗ ME AG >90d33 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days
discovery → filing · 33 weeks / 233 days

Mar 11, 2022

Begins

Mar 12, 2022

Discovered

Oct 31, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+25 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
Maine State AGOct 31 · first · this page
California State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Oct 31 (ME), last Nov 7 (CA) — a 7-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.