MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

CLEAR SPRING LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY

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Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 9, 2023

Filed

Jul 28, 2023

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

1,125state residents only

Linked

12 filings

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for CLEAR SPRING LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY →

Clear Spring Life and Annuity Company reported a ransomware cyberattack affecting 1,125 Washington residents. Unauthorized access occurred between Nov 30, 2022, and Feb 9, 2023. Data exposed included names, addresses, DOBs, SSNs, and policy numbers. The company engaged forensic investigators, notified the FBI, and offered 24 months of identity protection services.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d24 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 · 71 days

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 169 days

Nov 30, 2022

Begins

Feb 9, 2023

Discovered

Jul 28, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+16 wks slower

This filing is one of 12 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_4d8e77b67c17657d2023-07-28Verified
Vermont State AGbd_562bfc8b2b4e76722023-07-28Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_66c2ab65a6f077dc2023-07-28Verified
Oregon State AGbd_6c605cbed2da15fa2023-07-28Verified

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 116d gap

California State AGbd_c2598206d5a6fc7e2023-07-28Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_ca3b80b9e337ff4f2023-07-28Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_cd8360870bf6d0b82023-08-01 · +4dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_438eed640d65eb662023-11-21 · +116dVerified
California State AGbd_93aa52da496993372023-11-21 · +116dVerified
California State AGbd_e794c69d4eb74ada2023-11-21 · +116dVerified

Showing first 10 of 11 linked disclosures.

Name: CLEAR SPRING LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
norm: clear spring life and annuity

Name: CLEAR SPRING LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
norm: clear spring life and annuity
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 9, 2023
Breach occurred: Nov 30, 2022 – Feb 9, 2023
Undetected for: 71 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 28, 2023
Affected individuals: 1,125state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Alerted appropriate regulatory authoritiesAlerted the Federal Bureau of Investigation

During the incident: Took steps to isolate and secure our systems and investigate the incident
Retained a leading third-party forensics firm to conduct a thorough investigation, secure our systems, remediate any risks, and methodically bring our systems back online
Alerted appropriate regulatory authorities and the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Changes made: Scanned our systems for, and remediated, any identified indicators of compromise
Deployed additional advanced endpoint detection and monitoring tools on our newly restored systems
Offering identity theft protection services through IDX, A ZeroFox Company, including credit monitoring, dark web monitoring, identity theft insurance, and identity restoration services for 24 months
Continue to make infrastructure enhancements to strengthen and harden the security posture of our network and systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(169 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 8 states

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Indiana State AGJul 28 · first

Vermont State AGJul 28 · first

Massachusetts State AGJul 28 · first

Oregon State AGJul 28 · first

California State AGJul 28 · first

South Carolina State AGJul 28 · first

Washington State AGJul 28 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+4d

Oregon State AG+116d

California State AG+116d

Pattern: first filing Jul 28 (IN), last Nov 21 (CA) — a 116-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 11 — the full spread may be wider.

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA26015.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 28, 2023
Raw hash: b52a2cad768ccc763302123cb9ff5ed85dafabac9ebbdd6ee6b9888c278beae9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCLEAR SPRING LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY

Victim entityCLEAR SPRING LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY

Incidentdiscovered Feb 9, 2023

Stated responseTook steps to isolate and secure our systems and investigate the incident

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com