MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Delaware Life

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 9, 2023

Filed

Jul 28, 2023

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Delaware Life →5 incidents on file

Delaware Life Insurance Company experienced a ransomware incident. The breach occurred on November 30, 2022, and was discovered on February 9, 2023. An unauthorized actor accessed and acquired files containing personal information, including names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers of policyholders and agents. The company engaged forensic investigators, notified the FBI, and is offering 24 months of identity protection services.

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California clockDiscovered Feb 9, 2023 → Notified Jul 28, 2023169d ✗ CA 60-day late24 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 71 days

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 169 days

Nov 30, 2022

Begins

Feb 9, 2023

Discovered

Jul 28, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+16 wks slower

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitelockbit_3bd_02c5d900e9ad217a2023-02-24 · +153dVerified

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Delaware State AGbd_ed51ded19bb66eb12023-07-28Verified by operator
Washington State AGbd_607f6cf63facb9d52023-11-21 · +116dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_732e01ca4d2b557b2023-11-21 · +116dVerified
Montana State AGbd_9f6be2f093ceaca82023-11-21 · +116dVerified by operator

Show 1 more filing ↓up to 116d gap

Oregon State AGbd_df97c5745d49d9dc2023-11-21 · +116dVerified by operator

Name: Delaware Life
norm: delaware life
Domain: delawarelife.com

Name: Delaware Life
norm: delaware life
Domain: delawarelife.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 9, 2023
Breach occurred: Nov 30, 2022
Undetected for: 71 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 28, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Alerted appropriate regulatory authoritiesAlerted the Federal Bureau of Investigation

During the incident: Isolated and secured systems
Retained a leading third-party forensics firm to conduct a thorough investigation, secure systems, remediate risks, and restore systems
Alerted appropriate regulatory authorities and the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Scanned systems for and remediated identified indicators of compromise
Deployed additional advanced endpoint detection and monitoring tools
Offering identity theft protection services through IDX, A ZeroFox Company, including credit monitoring, dark web monitoring, identity theft insurance, and identity restoration services for 24 months
Changes made: Remediated identified indicators of compromise
Deployed additional advanced endpoint detection and monitoring tools
Continuing to make infrastructure enhancements to strengthen and harden the security posture of network and systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(169 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 169d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Feb 9, 2023
→ Notified: Jul 28, 2023
169d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Feb 9, 2023 → Notified: Jul 28, 2023	169d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

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Delaware State AGJul 28 · first

California State AGJul 28 · first · this page

Washington State AG+116d

California State AG+116d

Montana State AG+116d

Oregon State AG+116d

Pattern: first filing Jul 28 (DE), last Nov 21 (OR) — a 116-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-571005
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 28, 2023
Raw hash: 41d55393f416d419f23678f5c340ca485421e17111f83d0c853be95c3b41d5da

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDelaware Life

Victim entityDelaware Life

Incidentdiscovered Feb 9, 2023

Stated responseIsolated and secured systems

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov