MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

CLEAR SPRING LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 9, 2023

Filed

Nov 21, 2023

To disclose

41 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

12 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for CLEAR SPRING LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY →

Clear Spring Life and Annuity Company experienced a ransomware attack. The company was alerted to sophisticated ransomware on February 9, 2023. An unauthorized actor accessed and acquired files containing personal information including names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. The breach date listed by the CA AG is November 30, 2022. The company engaged forensic experts, notified the FBI, and is offering 24 months of identity protection services.

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California clockDiscovered Feb 9, 2023 → Notified Nov 21, 2023285d ✗ CA 60-day late41 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 71 days

discovery → filing · 41 weeks / 285 days

Nov 30, 2022

Begins

Feb 9, 2023

Discovered

Nov 21, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+32 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

Oregon State AGbd_438eed640d65eb662023-11-21Verified
California State AGbd_93aa52da496993372023-11-21Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_cd8360870bf6d0b82023-08-01 · +112dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_4d8e77b67c17657d2023-07-28 · +116dVerified

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Vermont State AGbd_562bfc8b2b4e76722023-07-28 · +116dVerified
Washington State AGbd_5e61e7a7d8f25a372023-07-28 · +116dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_66c2ab65a6f077dc2023-07-28 · +116dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_6c605cbed2da15fa2023-07-28 · +116dVerified
California State AGbd_c2598206d5a6fc7e2023-07-28 · +116dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_ca3b80b9e337ff4f2023-07-28 · +116dVerified

Showing first 10 of 11 linked disclosures.

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

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

Discovered: Feb 9, 2023
Breach occurred: Nov 30, 2022
Undetected for: 71 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 21, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Alerted appropriate regulatory authoritiesAlerted the Federal Bureau of Investigation

During the incident: Isolated and secured systems
Retained a leading third-party forensics firm to conduct a thorough investigation, secure systems, remediate risks, and restore systems
Alerted appropriate regulatory authorities and the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Scanned systems for and remediated identified indicators of compromise
Deployed additional advanced endpoint detection and monitoring tools
Offering identity theft protection services through IDX for 24 months
Changes made: Remediated identified indicators of compromise
Deployed additional advanced endpoint detection and monitoring tools
Continuing to make infrastructure enhancements to strengthen and harden security posture
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 41 weeks(285 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 285d
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: Feb 9, 2023
→ Notified: Nov 21, 2023
285d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Feb 9, 2023 → Notified: Nov 21, 2023	285d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

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

Oregon State AG+116d

California State AG+116d

California State AG+116d · this page

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-576841
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 21, 2023
Raw hash: d556bd28df0d5a541978ca544c6736b0c3856acb78f527e01125af1865da09e9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCLEAR SPRING LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY

Victim entityCLEAR SPRING LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY

Incidentdiscovered Feb 9, 2023

Stated responseIsolated and secured systems

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov