MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

NATIONAL WESTERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

bd_8669ce602134ae65 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Aug 15, 2020

Filed

Jan 14, 2021

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

15,556state residents only

Linked

13 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for NATIONAL WESTERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY →2 incidents on file

National Western Life Insurance Company reported a malware incident discovered on August 15, 2020, affecting data accessed between August 7-10, 2020. The breach impacted 15,556 Washington residents, exposing names, SSNs, DOBs, and financial account numbers. NWL engaged third-party investigators, notified law enforcement, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d22 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 · 8 days

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 152 days

Aug 7, 2020

Begins

Aug 15, 2020

Discovered

Jan 14, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+13 wks slower

This filing is one of 13 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by revil about this victim predates this filing by 166 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Hawaii State AGbd_0474e4e1745534fc2021-01-14Verified by operator
Idaho State AGbd_c810b562b965d65b2021-01-14Verified
Oregon State AGbd_8fa820551fed17492021-01-19 · +5dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_9a5622402421f3432021-01-20 · +6dVerified by operator

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Massachusetts State AGbd_2382ce0888148ff52021-01-25 · +11dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_27b9bce48c7bd7352021-01-25 · +11dVerified by operator
Montana State AGbd_91744b9aac9f3dc92021-01-25 · +11dVerified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_b5616314c7b5c9c52021-01-25 · +11dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_df6f1c04fd2bb9922021-01-25 · +11dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_ffb13f2bdc98dbbd2021-01-29 · +15dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 12 linked disclosures.

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: NATIONAL WESTERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
norm: national western life insurance
Domain: nationalwesternlife.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 15, 2020
Breach occurred: Aug 7, 2020 – Aug 10, 2020
Undetected for: 8 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 25, 2021
Affected individuals: 15,556state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberFinancial account numberDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Office of the Attorney General

During the incident: Launched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party investigators
Engaged a third-party firm to programmatically and manually review the files at issue
Internally reviewed their databases
Notified federal law enforcement
Began mailing notices to impacted individuals
Offering impacted Washington residents access to twelve (12) months of free credit monitoring and identity protection services through CyberScout
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing existing policies and procedures to reduce the likelihood of a similar future event
Reviewing and enhancing systems security technology
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(152 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90dLeak >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 · 11 filings · 10 states

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Hawaii State AGJan 14 · first

Idaho State AGJan 14 · first

Washington State AGJan 14 · first · this page

Oregon State AG+5d

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Massachusetts State AG+11d

Delaware State AG+11d

Montana State AG+11d

Indiana State AG+11d

California State AG+11d

New Hampshire State AG+15d

Pattern: first filing Jan 14 (HI), last Jan 29 (NH) — a 15-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 12 — the full spread may be wider.

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/BreachM10176.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 14, 2021
Raw hash: 1655215ff3997ba3c25d80b28788f5e7e9cf9fbd8f81cd749817f5e1f8f6f99a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityNATIONAL WESTERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Incidentdiscovered Aug 15, 2020

Stated responseLaunched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party investigators

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com