HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceVulnerability ExploitSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

MassMutual Ascend Life Insurance Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 23, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for MassMutual Ascend Life Insurance Company →2 incidents on file

Pension Benefit Information (PBI), acting on behalf of MassMutual Ascend Life Insurance Company, Annuity Investors Life Insurance Company, and Manhattan National Life Insurance Company, notified individuals that a third-party software vulnerability in Progress Software's MOVEit Transfer was exploited. An unauthorized party accessed PBI's MOVEit server on May 29-30, 2023, and downloaded data including names, SSNs, dates of birth, gender, zip codes, and policy numbers. PBI patched servers, investigated the incident, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring via Kroll.

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Incident timeline

May 29, 2023

Begins

Aug 23, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 2 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 (1) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_80ce89a868e7f51b2023-09-14 · +22dVerified

Name: MassMutual Ascend Life Insurance Company; Annuity Investors Life Insurance Company; Manhattan National Life Insurance Company
norm: massmutual ascend life insurance annuity investors life insurance manhattan national life insurance
Domain: mypensionbenefitinformation.com

Name: MassMutual Ascend Life Insurance Company
norm: massmutual ascend life insurance
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: May 29, 2023 – May 30, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 17, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Third party: via Progress Software
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Patched servers
Investigated the nature and scope of the MOVEit vulnerability’s impact
Assessed the security of our systems
Notified potentially affected customers and individuals associated with those customers
Offering 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Kroll
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing our information security policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Delaware State AGAug 23 · first · this page

California State AG+22d

Pattern: first filing Aug 23 (DE), last Sep 14 (CA) — a 22-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://attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2023/08/2023.08.17-DE-Sample-PBI-MMA-Adult-Consumer-Letter.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 23, 2023
Raw hash: b9cd99fa6bff6274e30cb7ff1d4fb6dc32b019e5b033e675dd8223b3d2e61c74

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMassMutual Ascend Life Insurance Company; Annuity Investors Life Insurance Company; Manhattan National Life Insurance Company

Victim entityMassMutual Ascend Life Insurance Company

IncidentThird-Party / Supply Chain

Stated responsePatched servers

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceattorneygeneral.delaware.gov