MalwareFinancial ServicesProfessional ServicesFinanceRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHIHighContained

Alera Group, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Aug 1, 2024

Filed

May 21, 2025

To disclose

42 weeks

Affected

27,901state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Alera Group, Inc. →5 incidents on file

Alera Group, an insurance brokerage, reported a ransomware incident where unauthorized access occurred between July 19 and August 4, 2024. The breach exposed names, SSNs, DOBs, financial account info, and PHI. First awareness was August 2024. This supplemental filing covers 27,901 Washington residents notified in May 2025. Remediation included forensic investigation, enhanced security measures, and 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d42 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 13 days

discovery → filing · 42 weeks / 293 days

Jul 19, 2024

Begins

Aug 1, 2024

Discovered

May 21, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+33 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Nebraska State AGbd_04bf7f725bbe2d5b2025-05-21Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_f5ff9f8a12ff66dd2025-05-21Verified
Illinois State AGbd_e140ee607b5896a42025-05-01 · +20dVerified

Name: Alera Group, Inc.
norm: alera group
Domain: aleragroup.com

Name: Alera Group, Inc.
norm: alera group
Domain: aleragroup.com
Industry: Financial ServicesllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 1, 2024
Breach occurred: Jul 19, 2024 – Aug 4, 2024
Undetected for: 13 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 21, 2025
Affected individuals: 27,901state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberFinancial account numberDate of birthHealth insurance IDMedical information
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcement regarding the eventProviding written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators

During the incident: Completed a thorough and comprehensive investigation with the assistance of third-party cybersecurity specialists
Implemented additional cybersecurity measures to further protect our environment
Offering immediate access to credit monitoring and identity theft protection services for 24 months at no cost to you, through IDX
Notified federal law enforcement regarding the event
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators
Providing written notice to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Providing media notice, and website notice
Changes made: Implemented additional cybersecurity measures to further protect our environment
Implemented additional security measures and training to its employees
Has plans for additional safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 42 weeks(293 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Illinois State AGMay 1 · first

Nebraska State AG+20d

Massachusetts State AG+20d

Washington State AG+20d · this page

Pattern: first filing May 1 (IL), last May 21 (WA) — a 20-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/BreachA33388.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 21, 2025
Raw hash: ec7fdecb24aeb5f55761062bd250433ba898466c0c6ba66edb23c72d15a7e204

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAlera Group, Inc.

Victim entityAlera Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 1, 2024

Stated responseCompleted a thorough and comprehensive investigation with the assistance of third-party cybersecurity specialists

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com