HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedGovernment IDPIIHighContained

Bankers Life and Casualty Company

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Severity

High

Discovered

Nov 29, 2023

Filed

Jan 30, 2024

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected · nationwide

45,84269 in this filing

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

66%

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

Bankers Life and Casualty Company reported an external system breach (hacking) on November 28, 2023, discovered on November 29, 2023. The incident affected 45,842 individuals, including 69 Maine residents. Acquired information included names and Social Security Numbers. The company provided written notification on January 26, 2024, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft recovery services through IDX/ZeroFox.

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Maine clockDiscovered Nov 29, 2023 → Filed with AG Jan 30, 202462d ⏱ ME AG >30d9 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 62 days

Nov 28, 2023

Begins

Nov 29, 2023

Discovered

Jan 30, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_489763d38fcd7db52024-01-30Verified
Washington State AGbd_7279c81e38952fba2024-01-30Verified
New Hampshire State AGScattered Spiderbd_f5b10da171539b6b2024-01-30Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_98392d56b57baf6a2024-01-31 · +1dVerified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 13d gap

California State AGbd_3db61e65232ceb3b2024-01-29 · +1dCandidate
Oregon State AGbd_6ad88753f461a26f2024-01-29 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_e963eb59f735e9372024-01-26 · +4dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_2eccaf3d50008a412024-02-12 · +13dVerified

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: Nov 29, 2023
Breach occurred: Nov 28, 2023
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 26, 2024
Affected individuals: 45,842state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDPII
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Provided 12 months of IDX/ZeroFox services, which include credit and CyberScan monitoring and identify theft recovery services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(62 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 62d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Nov 29, 2023
→ Filed with AG: Jan 30, 2024
62d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Nov 29, 2023 → Filed with AG: Jan 30, 2024	62d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGJan 26 · first

California State AG+3d

Oregon State AG+3d

Montana State AG+4d

Washington State AG+4d

New Hampshire State AG+4d

Maine State AG+4d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+5d

South Carolina State AG+17d

Pattern: first filing Jan 26 (IN), last Feb 12 (SC) — a 17-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-a1252b4f8318/1c0e29fa-a97f-4b3e-bd73-4f20e205b77f.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 30, 2024
Raw hash: 560d9652f82c0768abed0b88fe3c15062c93198fede885bca14767c32af0811e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBankers Life and Casualty Company

Victim entityBankers Life and Casualty Company

Incidentdiscovered Nov 29, 2023

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov