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AccidentalFinancial ServicesFinanceMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)HighResolved

Principal Life Insurance Company

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Severity

High

Discovered

May 11, 2021

Filed

May 25, 2021

To disclose

14 days

Affected · nationwide

6,1343 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Principal Life Insurance Company →17 incidents on file

Principal Life Insurance Company reported an inadvertent disclosure of personal information, including names and Social Security Numbers, affecting 6,134 individuals. The breach occurred and was discovered on May 11, 2021. The company notified affected individuals in writing on May 28, 2021, and offered one year of identity theft protection services. Three Maine residents were specifically identified as affected.

Maine clockDiscovered May 11, 2021 → Filed with AG May 25, 202114d ✓ ME AG ≤30d14 days discovery → filing
⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 14 days

May 11, 2021

Begins

May 11, 2021

Discovered

May 25, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

6 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 ↗
Maine State AGMay 25 · first · this page
Indiana 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.