DisclosureLens
HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceAbuse Of FunctionalityCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

STATE AUTOMOBILE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

bd_bcf0a02dc0fed2cc · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 31, 2021

Filed

May 11, 2021

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for STATE AUTOMOBILE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY3 incidents on file

State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company experienced an incident between March 11 and March 31, 2021, where an unknown actor abused the company's auto insurance quote application process. By initiating quotes using addresses not obtained from State Auto, the actor triggered a prefill process that exposed personal information including names, driver's license numbers, dates of birth, and gender. The company engaged a cybersecurity firm, notified law enforcement, and offered one year of identity monitoring via Kroll. No malware or ransomware was involved; the breach resulted from the exploitation of a public-facing application feature.

Incident timeline

undetected · 20 days
discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 41 days

Mar 11, 2021

Begins

Mar 31, 2021

Discovered

May 11, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGMay 11 · first
New Hampshire State AGMay 11 · first
Massachusetts State AGMay 11 · first
California State AGMay 11 · 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.