MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Delaware Life

bd_607f6cf63facb9d5 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 9, 2023

Filed

Nov 21, 2023

To disclose

41 weeks

Affected

7,252state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Delaware Life →5 incidents on file

Delaware Life Insurance Company reported a ransomware cyberattack affecting 7,252 Washington residents. Unauthorized access occurred between Nov 30, 2022, and Feb 9, 2023. The incident involved data encryption and exfiltration of PII including names, SSNs, and DOBs. The company engaged forensic investigators, notified the FBI, and offered 24 months of identity protection services.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d41 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 · 41 weeks / 285 days

Nov 30, 2022

Begins

Feb 9, 2023

Discovered

Nov 21, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+32 wks slower

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitelockbit_3bd_02c5d900e9ad217a2023-02-24 · +269dVerified

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_732e01ca4d2b557b2023-11-21Verified
Montana State AGbd_9f6be2f093ceaca82023-11-21Verified by operator
Oregon State AGbd_df97c5745d49d9dc2023-11-21Verified by operator
California State AGbd_9561e2ebdb17cf002023-07-28 · +116dVerified by operator

Show 1 more filing ↓up to 116d gap

Delaware State AGbd_ed51ded19bb66eb12023-07-28 · +116dVerified by operator

Name: Delaware Life
norm: delaware life
Domain: delawarelife.com

Name: Delaware Life
norm: delaware life
Domain: delawarelife.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 9, 2023
Breach occurred: Nov 30, 2022 – Feb 9, 2023
Undetected for: 71 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 21, 2023
Affected individuals: 7,252state-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 authorities

During the incident: Took steps to isolate and secure systems
Retained a leading third-party forensics firm to conduct a thorough investigation
Alerted appropriate regulatory authorities
Alerted the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Changes made: Scanned systems for and remediated identified indicators of compromise
Deployed additional advanced endpoint detection and monitoring tools
Making infrastructure enhancements to strengthen and harden the security posture of the network and systems
Offering identity theft protection services through IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 41 weeks(285 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180dWA 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 · 6 filings · 5 states

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California State AGJul 28 · first

Delaware State AGJul 28 · first

California State AG+116d

Montana State AG+116d

Oregon State AG+116d

Washington State AG+116d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 28 (CA), last Nov 21 (WA) — a 116-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.

Source URL: https://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA27084.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 21, 2023
Raw hash: 0ce2c3d1bad2c4c95260dfb087563c4c0ab76abb9148130532f58a1c2d3b016a

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDelaware Life

Victim entityDelaware Life

Incidentdiscovered Feb 9, 2023

Stated responseTook steps to isolate and secure systems

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com