HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceVulnerability ExploitCL0PSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Transamerica Life Insurance Company

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jun 6, 2023

Filed

Jul 12, 2023

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

54,773state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Transamerica Life Insurance Company →9 incidents on file

Transamerica Life Insurance Company reported a security incident involving a third-party vendor (PBI Research Services) exploiting a MOVEit vulnerability. The incident occurred May 29-30, 2023, and was discovered June 6, 2023. Approximately 54,773 Washington residents were affected, with data including names, SSNs, and DOBs. The CL0P group is attributed to the attack. PBI notified the FBI and provided credit monitoring.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d5 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 · 5 weeks / 36 days

May 29, 2023

Begins

Jun 6, 2023

Discovered

Jul 12, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 8 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Progress Software Corporation supply-chain incident (2023) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_e44dd39c1fbaba362023-07-26 · +14dVerified by operator
Delaware State AGbd_40ec919e4e8f1a272023-07-28 · +16dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_1c467192dd0de9a32023-08-03 · +22dVerified
California State AGbd_12a60db0c295b2672023-08-04 · +23dVerified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 29d gap

South Carolina State AGbd_ce0dc1067f58c6d52023-08-04 · +23dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_4020fcd7886e9b722023-08-08 · +27dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_5a97af0225b216fd2023-08-10 · +29dVerified by operator

Name: Transamerica Life Insurance Company
norm: transamerica life insurance
Domain: tlic.transamerica.com

Name: Transamerica Life Insurance Company
norm: transamerica life insurance
Domain: tlic.transamerica.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 6, 2023
Breach occurred: May 29, 2023 – May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 8 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 18, 2023
Affected individuals: 54,773state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain· CL0P
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: CL0PExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: PBI notified the FBI
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: PBI arranged to provide complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services to affected individuals
PBI updated their software with patches provided by the software vendor
PBI notified the FBI
Changes made: PBI is reviewing and enhancing its information security policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(36 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
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 · 8 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗

Washington State AGJul 12 · first · this page

Montana State AG+14d

Delaware State AG+16d

Indiana State AG+22d

California State AG+23d

South Carolina State AG+23d

Massachusetts State AG+27d

Oregon State AG+29d

Pattern: first filing Jul 12 (WA), last Aug 10 (OR) — a 29-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM15308.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 12, 2023
Raw hash: c49309414dcecf687527b7e5cfb5a345913b3354cffe841230402f6df50e9ad7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTransamerica Life Insurance Company

Victim entityTransamerica Life Insurance Company

Incidentdiscovered Jun 6, 2023

Stated responsePBI arranged to provide complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services to affected individuals

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com