MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)MediumContained

CLEAR SPRING LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY

bd_cd8360870bf6d0b8 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 9, 2023

Filed

Aug 1, 2023

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected · nationwide

4,3933 in this filing

Linked

12 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for CLEAR SPRING LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY →

First Security Benefit Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York reported a ransomware incident involving Clear Spring Life and Annuity Company (CSLAC). On February 9, 2023, CSLAC detected sophisticated ransomware. The incident affected 4,393 individuals, including 3 New Hampshire residents. Personal information was accessed and exfiltrated. CSLAC engaged forensic investigators, notified the FBI, did not pay ransom, and provided credit monitoring services to affected individuals. Notices were sent to NH residents on July 28, 2023.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 25 weeks / 173 days

Feb 9, 2023

Begins

Feb 9, 2023

Discovered

Aug 1, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+16 wks slower

This filing is one of 12 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_4d8e77b67c17657d2023-07-28 · +4dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_562bfc8b2b4e76722023-07-28 · +4dVerified
Washington State AGbd_5e61e7a7d8f25a372023-07-28 · +4dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_66c2ab65a6f077dc2023-07-28 · +4dVerified

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Oregon State AGbd_6c605cbed2da15fa2023-07-28 · +4dVerified
California State AGbd_c2598206d5a6fc7e2023-07-28 · +4dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_ca3b80b9e337ff4f2023-07-28 · +4dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_438eed640d65eb662023-11-21 · +112dVerified
California State AGbd_93aa52da496993372023-11-21 · +112dVerified
California State AGbd_e794c69d4eb74ada2023-11-21 · +112dVerified

Showing first 10 of 11 linked disclosures.

Name: First Security Benefit Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York
norm: first security benefit life insurance and annuity company of new york
Domain: fsbl.com

Name: CLEAR SPRING LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
norm: clear spring life and annuity
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 9, 2023
Breach occurred: Feb 9, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 28, 2023
Affected individuals: 4,393state + nationwide
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported to New Hampshire Attorney General Consumer Protection Bureau

During the incident: Retained a leading third-party forensics firm to conduct a thorough investigation
Alerted the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Sent notice to affected New Hampshire residents via first class mail on July 28, 2023
Arranged to make credit monitoring and identity protection services by IDX available to the individual at no cost
Changes made: Scanned systems for, and remediated, any identified indicators of compromise
Rebuilt systems prior to bringing them back online
Deployed additional advanced endpoint detection and monitoring tools on the newly restored systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 weeks(173 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 8 states

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Indiana State AGJul 28 · first

Vermont State AGJul 28 · first

Washington State AGJul 28 · first

Massachusetts State AGJul 28 · first

Oregon State AGJul 28 · first

California State AGJul 28 · first

South Carolina State AGJul 28 · first

New Hampshire State AG+4d · this page

Oregon State AG+116d

California State AG+116d

Pattern: first filing Jul 28 (IN), last Nov 21 (CA) — a 116-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 11 — the full spread may be wider.

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/clear-spring-life-annuity-20230801.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 1, 2023
Raw hash: e4be488441767f5a0978a4ce62f108a1b89fe8401fefa78d3975a271512c6a25

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFirst Security Benefit Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York

Victim entityCLEAR SPRING LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY

Incidentdiscovered Feb 9, 2023

Stated responseRetained a leading third-party forensics firm to conduct a thorough investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov