HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHigh

The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

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Severity

High

Discovered

May 30, 2023

Filed

Aug 7, 2023

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected · nationwide

9,92326 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company →22 incidents on file

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company reported an external system breach that affected 26 Maine residents. The breach, discovered on May 30, 2023, resulted in the compromise of names and Social Security numbers. The company provided 24 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Kroll.

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Maine clockDiscovered May 30, 2023 → Filed with AG Aug 7, 202369d ⏱ ME AG >30d10 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 69 days

May 30, 2023

Begins

May 30, 2023

Discovered

Aug 7, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

This filing is one of 5 filings 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 (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_956861be8c5dae442023-08-07Verified
Indiana State AGbd_5535f65d0dec9e552023-08-21 · +14dVerified
California State AGbd_cd31c8b8a8bcd1a02023-07-22 · +16dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_e1e99fad569e80212023-06-27 · +41dVerified

Name: The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
norm: the northwestern mutual life insurance
Domain: northwesternmutual.com

Name: The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
norm: the northwestern mutual life insurance
Domain: northwesternmutual.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: May 30, 2023
Breach occurred: May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 21, 2023
Affected individuals: 9,923state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access

Changes made: Offered 24 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Kroll.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(69 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 69dME resident >60d · 83d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: May 30, 2023
→ Filed with AG: Aug 7, 2023
69d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d
Maine
Discovered: May 30, 2023
→ Notified: Aug 21, 2023
83d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: May 30, 2023 → Filed with AG: Aug 7, 2023	69d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d
Maine	Discovered: May 30, 2023 → Notified: Aug 21, 2023	83d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGJun 27 · first

California State AG+25d

Massachusetts State AG+41d

Maine State AG+41d · this page

Indiana State AG+55d

Pattern: first filing Jun 27 (IN), last Aug 21 (IN) — a 55-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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/496dc7ea-6a83-4492-84b9-4791de1490c0.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 7, 2023
Raw hash: e58ef0bb2d3cc1c6a84e01c35864ca4ea53cfa9f802a068e56f1f130710c178e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

Victim entityThe Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

Incidentdiscovered May 30, 2023

Stated responseOffered 24 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Kroll.

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov