HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCredentialsPHIHealth (basic)MediumContained

Athens Insurance Services, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 17, 2019

Filed

Mar 6, 2020

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

64%

Athens Insurance Services, Inc. disclosed unauthorized access to an employee email account between July 1 and September 17, 2019. The company became aware of the incident on September 17, 2019. Affected data may include names, SSNs, driver's license numbers, financial account numbers, credentials, and PHI. The company engaged forensic investigators, secured the account, and offered credit monitoring.

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California clockDiscovered Sep 17, 2019 → Notified Mar 1, 2020166d ✗ CA 60-day late24 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 78 days

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 171 days

Jul 1, 2019

Begins

Sep 17, 2019

Discovered

Mar 6, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_9c1e4d23a4f4c5f42020-03-06Verified
Indiana State AGbd_68ebe4df25b1403d2020-03-13 · +7dVerified
California State AGbd_e525c1186e8e42fa2020-04-23 · +48dCandidate

Name: Athens Insurance Services, Inc.
norm: athens insurance services
Domain: athensins.com

Name: Athens Insurance Services, Inc.
norm: athens insurance services
Domain: athensins.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 17, 2019
Breach occurred: Jul 1, 2019 – Sep 17, 2019
Undetected for: 78 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 1, 2020
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCredentialsPHIHealth (basic)
Data elements: Date of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Changed the account password
Engaged an expert forensic company to investigate the incident
Implemented additional security measures
Changes made: Offered one year of complimentary credit monitoring through myTrueIdentity
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(171 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 166d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Sep 17, 2019
→ Notified: Mar 1, 2020
166d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Sep 17, 2019 → Notified: Mar 1, 2020	166d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGMar 6 · first

California State AGMar 6 · first · this page

Indiana State AG+7d

California State AG+48d

Pattern: first filing Mar 6 (MA), last Apr 23 (CA) — a 48-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-188003
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 6, 2020
Raw hash: 75ad61c3f73b79a0bd5222f4bfaf32e66a5fd2b8bf976c654a00f374c7a41fbd

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAthens Insurance Services, Inc.

Victim entityAthens Insurance Services, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 17, 2019

Stated responseChanged the account password

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov