HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Identity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Bridger Insurance

bd_d2967548796e159f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 14, 2018

Filed

Mar 22, 2019

To disclose

27 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Bridger Insurance →2 incidents on file

Bridger Insurance Services notified customers of a data breach involving personal information (names, SSNs, DOBs, driver's licenses) potentially accessed via a third-party IT provider. The breach occurred on May 7, 2017, but was discovered in September 2018 when unusual server access was detected during IT troubleshooting. Bridger engaged forensic investigators and is offering 12 months of identity monitoring through TransUnion.

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California clockDiscovered Sep 14, 2018 → Notified Mar 22, 2019189d ✗ CA 60-day late27 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 495 days

discovery → filing · 27 weeks / 189 days

May 7, 2017

Begins

Sep 14, 2018

Discovered

Mar 22, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

+19 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Bridger Insurance
norm: bridger insurance
Domain: bridgerins.com

Name: Bridger Insurance
norm: bridger insurance
Domain: bridgerins.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 14, 2018
Breach occurred: May 7, 2017
Undetected for: 495 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 22, 2019
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
Third party: via Third-party IT provider

During the incident: Launched an internal investigation
Retained an independent third party computer forensics firm to help respond to the incident
Providing our customers and applicants with free identity monitoring services for 12 months at no cost through TransUnion
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 weeks(189 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 189d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Sep 14, 2018
→ Notified: Mar 22, 2019
189d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Sep 14, 2018 → Notified: Mar 22, 2019	189d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-145653
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 22, 2019
Raw hash: d990c7d3a1f1be06adf2241da09c3a958d306b52a63a490c53469e2f5512703c

Reporting entityBridger Insurance

Victim entityBridger Insurance

Incidentdiscovered Sep 14, 2018

Stated responseLaunched an internal investigation

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov