MalwareFinancial ServicesHealthcareFinanceRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 1, 2022

Filed

Feb 15, 2024

To disclose

17 months

Affected

35state residents only

Linked

6 records

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company →

Virginia Farm Bureau notified Montana residents of a data breach occurring October 6-16, 2022. An unknown actor accessed systems, potentially viewing/downloading files containing names and other PII. VFB engaged forensic specialists, reported to law enforcement, and is offering credit monitoring. Investigation is complete.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d17 months 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

Oct 6, 2022

Begins

Feb 15, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+64 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by blacksuit about this victim was first seen 426 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteblacksuitbd_1b59250e1e8c30752022-12-16 · +426dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_681acc25c6ed80162024-02-15Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_da50b0109a92ee082024-02-15Verified
California State AGbd_e495c5697804aa822024-02-15Verified by operator
Maine State AGbd_f7709ab20ee579b22024-02-15Verified by operator

Name: Virginia Farm Bureau and its affiliated companies
norm: virginia farm bureau

Name: Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company
norm: virginia farm bureau mutual insurance
Industry: Financial ServicesllmHealthcarellm

Discovered: Oct 1, 2022
Breach occurred: Oct 6, 2022 – Oct 16, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 5, 2022
Affected individuals: 35state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: report the event to federal law enforcement and government regulators

During the incident: Took steps to contain this activity
Secured our systems
Report the event to federal law enforcement and government regulators
Engaged leading cyber incident response specialists to perform an investigation
Undertook a comprehensive and time-intensive review of the affected files with the assistance of data review specialists
Implemented additional security measures to further protect data in our care
Offering you twelve (12)/twenty-four (24) months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services at no cost to you through CyEx
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures to further protect data in our care
Continue to enhance these protections as appropriate as part of our ongoing commitment to data security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 months(502 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180d
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 · 5 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGFeb 15 · first

Massachusetts State AGFeb 15 · first

California State AGFeb 15 · first

Maine State AGFeb 15 · first

Montana State AGFeb 15 · 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.

Source URL: https://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1105.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 15, 2024
Raw hash: 973bb1c2808628fd514619685fa94ea0070c6ce024ec4cc805daa2623f886262

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityVirginia Farm Bureau and its affiliated companies

Victim entityVirginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company

Incidentdiscovered Oct 1, 2022

Stated responseTook steps to contain this activity

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov