HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceVulnerability ExploitStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Aurora National Life Assurance Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 2, 2023

Filed

Jul 21, 2023

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Aurora National Life Assurance Company →

Aurora National Life Assurance Company notified customers of a data breach involving a third-party vendor, Pension Benefits Information, LLC (PBI). An unauthorized third party exploited a previously unknown vulnerability in PBI's MOVEit Transfer application between May 29 and May 30, 2023, downloading policyholder data including social security numbers, names, dates of birth, and account numbers. The incident was discovered on June 2, 2023. Aurora offered one year of complimentary identity theft protection.

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California clockDiscovered Jun 2, 2023 → Notified Jul 21, 202349d ✓ CA 60-day OK7 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 49 days

May 29, 2023

Begins

Jun 2, 2023

Discovered

Jul 21, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Pension Benefit Information, LLC supply-chain incident (2023) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_058f48c17cbf2fdd2023-07-21Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_1a70c4f44aee52c32023-07-21Verified
Indiana State AGbd_4a42d2f59ec390102023-07-21Verified
Washington State AGbd_58dcd7605860bfc62023-07-21Verified

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Maine State AGbd_adc72ca4f2603c2d2023-07-21Verified

Name: Aurora National Life Assurance Company
norm: aurora national life assurance

Name: Aurora National Life Assurance Company
norm: aurora national life assurance
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 2, 2023
Breach occurred: May 29, 2023 – May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 21, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: PBI notified and is cooperating with federal law enforcement authorities
Third party: via Pension Benefits Information, LLC
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Alliance-One immediately stopped all file transfers to PBI
PBI launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the exploit’s impact
PBI implemented multiple additional security measures to harden its information systems
PBI notified and is cooperating with federal law enforcement authorities
Aurora retained NortonLifeLock to provide One (1) year(s) of complimentary LifeLock DefenderTM Choice identity theft protection
Changes made: PBI implemented multiple additional security measures to harden its information systems and increase its ability to deter threats
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(49 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 49d
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: Jun 2, 2023
→ Notified: Jul 21, 2023
49d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jun 2, 2023 → Notified: Jul 21, 2023	49d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Oregon State AGJul 21 · first

Massachusetts State AGJul 21 · first

Indiana State AGJul 21 · first

Washington State AGJul 21 · first

Maine State AGJul 21 · first

California State AGJul 21 · first · this page

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/sb24-570686
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 21, 2023
Raw hash: b3d63e49a3771ccca9422fd7d4ff43d44ffaa3001c0b0bffc7e92a9bfb95f267

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAurora National Life Assurance Company

Victim entityAurora National Life Assurance Company

Incidentdiscovered Jun 2, 2023

Stated responseAlliance-One immediately stopped all file transfers to PBI

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov