Social EngineeringTechnologyInformationPhishingData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedRansom DemandedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Ethos Technologies Inc

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 12, 2022

Filed

Feb 11, 2022

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Ethos Technologies Inc →2 incidents on file

Ethos Technologies Inc. reported a data breach to the California Attorney General's Office. The incident involved a phishing attack on January 12, 2022, which compromised customer records including names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, driver's license numbers, and financial account numbers. The breach occurred on July 15, 2021. The company engaged forensic investigators and law enforcement (FBI and CA DOJ). Affected individuals were offered two years of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services.

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California clockDiscovered Jan 12, 2022 → Notified Feb 11, 202230d ✓ CA 60-day OK4 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 · 181 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Jul 15, 2021

Begins

Jan 12, 2022

Discovered

Feb 11, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_454926a96e60de542022-02-11Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_4b9fb1f8925fcdbe2022-02-11Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_3275d9b2f3301e472022-02-14 · +3dVerified

Name: Ethos Technologies Inc
norm: ethos technologies

Name: Ethos Technologies Inc
norm: ethos technologies
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Jan 12, 2022
Breach occurred: Jul 15, 2021
Undetected for: 181 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 11, 2022
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified California Department of JusticeNotified FBI
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged forensic investigators
Engaged law enforcement (FBI)
Engaged law enforcement (California Department of Justice)
Offered free two-year credit monitoring and identity theft protection service through Experian
Engaged third-party forensic investigators
Engaged law enforcement
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards
Retrained staff on security policies
Offered free credit monitoring for 2 years
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 30d
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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Jan 12, 2022
→ Notified: Feb 11, 2022
30d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jan 12, 2022 → Notified: Feb 11, 2022	30d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Maine State AGFeb 11 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 11 · first

California State AGFeb 11 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-550887
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 11, 2022
Raw hash: 3dbb5c0188667920eb90214277b5bf6e3adc4fe249723bd96fac17af7d76b522

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEthos Technologies Inc

Victim entityEthos Technologies Inc

Incidentdiscovered Jan 12, 2022

Stated responseEngaged forensic investigators

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov