HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsDelayed DiscoveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPIIMediumContained

Bankers Life and Casualty Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 7, 2018

Filed

Oct 25, 2018

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

44state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Bankers Life and Casualty Company notified Montana residents that unauthorized third parties accessed employee credentials between May 30 and September 13, 2018. The incident exposed names, addresses, dates of birth, insurance details, and partial SSNs. The company discovered the breach on August 7, 2018, delayed notification for law enforcement cooperation, and offered one year of credit monitoring.

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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 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_ccb5f98488da2c882018-10-25Verified

Name: BANKERS LIFE SECURITIES, INC.
norm: bankers life securities

Name: Bankers Life and Casualty Company
norm: bankers life and casualty company
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: 44state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPII
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notified federal law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Began an investigation
Notified federal law enforcement
Hired an external forensics investigator to conduct an investigation
Took steps to further restrict and monitor access to our systems
Enhance additional security procedures, including through supplemental training for certain employees
Changes made: Enhance 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: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGOct 25 · first

Montana State AGOct 25 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Bankers-Life-1.pdf
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: 28ef220a1b3764070614bad94a79e4d28d2f8cae5ddd4133ea810fb66ca2b85c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBANKERS LIFE SECURITIES, INC.

Victim entityBankers Life and Casualty Company

Incidentdiscovered Aug 7, 2018

Stated responseBegan an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov