HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsDelayed DiscoveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

Bankers Life and Casualty Company

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Severity

High

Discovered

Aug 7, 2018

Filed

Oct 26, 2018

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

33,672state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

64%

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

Bankers Life and Casualty Company notified policyholders that unauthorized third parties accessed employee credentials between May 30 and September 13, 2018, gaining access to personal information including names, addresses, DOB, insurance details, and partial SSNs. The company discovered the incident on August 7, 2018, delayed notification at the request of federal law enforcement, and offered one year of credit monitoring.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due11 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 69 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 80 days

May 30, 2018

Begins

Aug 7, 2018

Discovered

Oct 26, 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_3247f431edb349de2018-10-25 · +1dCandidate
California State AGbd_b53da2fe4eb5b1eb2018-10-25 · +1dVerified
Hawaii State AGbd_576052bf71bd0e662018-10-31 · +5dVerified

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: 33,672state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
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(80 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Oregon State AGOct 25 · first

California State AGOct 25 · first

South Carolina State AG+1d · this page

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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2018/bankerslife.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 26, 2018
Raw hash: 7ce0e6edc5ce764307afbf2ff47af3c017c9402502e0a091063148a22e99367c

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

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov