MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceData EncryptedPIIFinancialLowActive

NATIONAL WESTERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

bd_9a5622402421f343 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 15, 2020

Filed

Jan 20, 2021

To disclose

23 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

13 filings

Confidence

66%

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

National Western Life Insurance Company notified the NH AG of a malware incident discovered on August 15, 2020. Unauthorized actors accessed files. Investigation and file review are ongoing; exact count of NH residents affected is not yet confirmed. NWL notified law enforcement, engaged forensic reviewers, and is offering 12 months of credit monitoring to impacted residents.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d23 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 23 weeks / 158 days

Aug 15, 2020

Discovered

Jan 20, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+14 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 172 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_8fa820551fed17492021-01-19 · +1dVerified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_2382ce0888148ff52021-01-25 · +5dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_27b9bce48c7bd7352021-01-25 · +5dVerified by operator
Montana State AGbd_91744b9aac9f3dc92021-01-25 · +5dVerified by operator

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 9d gap

Indiana State AGbd_b5616314c7b5c9c52021-01-25 · +5dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_df6f1c04fd2bb9922021-01-25 · +5dVerified by operator
Hawaii State AGbd_0474e4e1745534fc2021-01-14 · +6dVerified by operator
Washington State AGbd_8669ce602134ae652021-01-14 · +6dVerified
Idaho State AGbd_c810b562b965d65b2021-01-14 · +6dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_ffb13f2bdc98dbbd2021-01-29 · +9dVerified 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
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 14, 2021
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIFinancial
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the New Hampshire 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
Notified federal law enforcement
Offering impacted New Hampshire residents access to 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
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 weeks(158 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >90d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 10 states

View merged incident ↗

Hawaii State AGJan 14 · first

Washington State AGJan 14 · first

Idaho State AGJan 14 · first

Oregon State AG+5d

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/national-western-life-insurance-20210120.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 20, 2021
Raw hash: fe1de7a25e9733f4c1d4f51002fd77916359f35c2d1805f94a60feb02adebb4e

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

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov