HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Bankers Life and Casualty Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 7, 2018

Filed

Oct 25, 2018

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Bankers Life and Casualty Company →6 incidents on file

Bankers Life and Casualty Company disclosed that unauthorized third parties accessed employee credentials between May 30 and September 13, 2018, using them to access company websites and potentially view policyholder data. The incident was discovered on August 7, 2018. Affected data included names, addresses, dates of birth, insurance information, and the last four digits of Social Security numbers. Full SSNs, bank account numbers, and credit card information were not accessed. The company engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, and offered one year of identity repair and credit monitoring.

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California clockDiscovered Aug 7, 2018 → Notified Oct 19, 201873d ✗ CA 60-day late11 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 69 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 79 days

May 30, 2018

Begins

Aug 7, 2018

Discovered

Oct 25, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 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

Oregon State AGbd_3247f431edb349de2018-10-25Candidate
South Carolina State AGbd_c4a0323bbe084cd82018-10-26 · +1dVerified
Hawaii State AGbd_576052bf71bd0e662018-10-31 · +6dVerified

Name: Bankers Life and Casualty Company
norm: bankers life and casualty

Name: Bankers Life and Casualty Company
norm: bankers life and casualty
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 7, 2018
Breach occurred: May 30, 2018 – Sep 13, 2018
Undetected for: 69 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 19, 2018
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Began an investigation and notified federal law enforcement
Hired an external forensics investigator to conduct an investigation
Took steps to further restrict and monitor access to our systems
Enhanced additional security procedures, including through supplemental training for certain employees
Offering one year of free identity repair and credit monitoring services through ID Experts
Changes made: Enhanced additional security procedures, including through supplemental training for certain employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(79 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 73d
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: Aug 7, 2018
→ Notified: Oct 19, 2018
73d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Aug 7, 2018 → Notified: Oct 19, 2018	73d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Oregon State AGOct 25 · first

California State AGOct 25 · first · this page

South Carolina State AG+1d

Hawaii State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Oct 25 (OR), last Oct 31 (HI) — a 6-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/sb24-141129
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 25, 2018
Raw hash: 41929987a60a53c1e4d82e4d540626484711b9a54d6f5652f689a26a4976cb5b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBankers Life and Casualty Company

Victim entityBankers Life and Casualty Company

Incidentdiscovered Aug 7, 2018

Stated responseBegan an investigation and notified federal law enforcement

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov