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NATIONAL WESTERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

bd_d14332d9967bb20e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 15, 2020

Filed

Jan 14, 2021

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

14,427state residents only

Linked

13 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for NATIONAL WESTERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY →2 incidents on file

National Western Life Insurance Company reported a malware incident discovered on August 15, 2020, affecting systems between August 7-10, 2020. Unauthorized actors accessed personal information including names and policy numbers. The company engaged third-party investigators, notified federal law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring services.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d22 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 · 8 days

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 152 days

Aug 7, 2020

Begins

Aug 15, 2020

Discovered

Jan 14, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+13 wks slower

This filing is one of 13 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by revil about this victim predates this filing by 166 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Hawaii State AGbd_0474e4e1745534fc2021-01-14Verified by operator
Washington State AGbd_8669ce602134ae652021-01-14Verified
Oregon State AGbd_8fa820551fed17492021-01-19 · +5dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_9a5622402421f3432021-01-20 · +6dVerified by operator

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Massachusetts State AGbd_2382ce0888148ff52021-01-25 · +11dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_27b9bce48c7bd7352021-01-25 · +11dVerified by operator
Montana State AGbd_91744b9aac9f3dc92021-01-25 · +11dVerified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_b5616314c7b5c9c52021-01-25 · +11dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_df6f1c04fd2bb9922021-01-25 · +11dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_ffb13f2bdc98dbbd2021-01-29 · +15dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 12 linked disclosures.

Name: NATIONAL WESTERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
norm: national western life insurance
Domain: nationalwesternlife.com
Industry: Insurance

Name: NATIONAL WESTERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
norm: national western life insurance
Domain: nationalwesternlife.com
Industry: Insurance
Industry: Financial ServicesllmHealthcarellm

Discovered: Aug 15, 2020
Breach occurred: Aug 7, 2020 – Aug 10, 2020
Undetected for: 8 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 14,427state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the assistance of third-party investigators
Notified federal law enforcement
Reviewing and enhancing existing policies and procedures
Offering free credit monitoring and identity protection services through CyberScout
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing existing policies and procedures to reduce the likelihood of a similar future event
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(152 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >90dSC 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 · 11 filings · 10 states

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Hawaii State AGJan 14 · first

Washington State AGJan 14 · first

South Carolina State AGJan 14 · first · this page

Oregon State AG+5d

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Massachusetts State AG+11d

Delaware State AG+11d

Montana State AG+11d

Indiana State AG+11d

California State AG+11d

New Hampshire State AG+15d

Pattern: first filing Jan 14 (HI), last Jan 29 (NH) — a 15-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 12 — 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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2021/NationalWesternLifeInsuranceCompany.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 14, 2021
Raw hash: 314258061fb8ba56c489846a2f03b4bdd09c459aa75bb169cdaedc3fa1c57e60

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNATIONAL WESTERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Victim entityNATIONAL WESTERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Incidentdiscovered Aug 15, 2020

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the assistance of third-party investigators

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov