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Lyons Companies

bd_e27c8a0ce50b46e4 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 12, 2019

Filed

Aug 23, 2019

To disclose

23 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Lyons Companies

Lyons Companies, an insurance brokerage firm, disclosed a phishing incident involving unauthorized access to two employee email accounts. The breach occurred between February 4 and March 12, 2019, and was discovered on March 12, 2019. The incident potentially exposed customer data, including names, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth, contained in the compromised emails. Lyons engaged forensic experts, enhanced system security, and provided complimentary identity monitoring services to affected individuals.

Incident timeline

undetected · 36 days
discovery → filing · 23 weeks / 164 days

Feb 4, 2019

Begins

Mar 12, 2019

Discovered

Aug 23, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
HHS OCRAug 23 · first
Massachusetts State AGAug 23 · first
Delaware State AGAug 23 · first · this page

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.