Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinanceBECPhishingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

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Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 23, 2022

Filed

Jun 24, 2022

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,4201 in this filing

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY →26 incidents on file

New York Life Insurance Company reported a business email compromise incident that occurred on February 5, 2022. The breach was discovered on February 23, 2022. One Maine resident was affected, whose name and Social Security number were acquired. The company offered one year of credit monitoring services through Equifax.

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Maine clockDiscovered Feb 23, 2022 → Filed with AG Jun 24, 2022121d ✗ ME AG >90d17 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 · 18 days

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 121 days

Feb 5, 2022

Begins

Feb 23, 2022

Discovered

Jun 24, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+8 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,420 affectedView incident

Name: NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
norm: new york life insurance
Industry: Financial Services

Name: NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
norm: new york life insurance
Industry: Financial Services
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 23, 2022
Breach occurred: Feb 5, 2022
Undetected for: 18 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 24, 2022
Affected individuals: 1,420state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
Threat actor: External

Changes made: One year of credit monitoring from Equifax Credit Watch Gold Service.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 weeks(121 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 121d
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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Feb 23, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Jun 24, 2022
121d 90 days ME AG >90d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Feb 23, 2022 → Filed with AG: Jun 24, 2022	121d	90 days	ME AG >90d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/98f5a9c0-9d49-4b9a-bc9b-59799bbcf3c8.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 24, 2022
Raw hash: d7284b30f4f66f9fea32fc43a4ddd929204bdb65531568d85468ca7a859d9384

Reporting entityNEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Victim entityNEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Incidentdiscovered Feb 23, 2022

Stated responseOne year of credit monitoring from Equifax Credit Watch Gold Service.

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov