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METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 29, 2026

Filed

Mar 9, 2026

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO →46 incidents on file

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company notified California residents that on January 29, 2026, an associate inadvertently emailed a file containing personal data (SSN, name, coverage type, start date, group number) to an HR administrator at another MetLife group customer. The recipient notified MetLife the same day and confirmed deletion. MetLife offered one year of credit monitoring.

California clockDiscovered Jan 29, 2026 → Notified Mar 6, 202636d ✗ CA 30-day late6 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 39 days

Jan 29, 2026

Begins

Jan 29, 2026

Discovered

Mar 9, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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 ↗
Massachusetts State AGMar 9 · first
California State AGMar 9 · first · this page

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.