HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsScattered SpiderTargetedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)PIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Bankers Life and Casualty Company

bd_f5b10da171539b6b · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 29, 2023

Filed

Jan 30, 2024

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

63state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Bankers Life and Casualty Company →6 incidents on file

Bankers Life and Casualty Company disclosed a security breach discovered on November 29, 2023, involving a SIM-swapping attack on a senior officer's Verizon cellular account. The threat actor, identified as 'Scattered Spider,' bypassed multi-factor authentication to access company data, potentially affecting 63 New Hampshire residents. The company contained the incident, notified law enforcement (FBI), and engaged forensic investigators. No evidence suggests customer environments were accessed or that individuals were targeted for fraud.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 62 days

Nov 29, 2023

Discovered

Jan 30, 2024

Filed

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on median

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_489763d38fcd7db52024-01-30Verified
Washington State AGbd_7279c81e38952fba2024-01-30Verified
Maine State AGbd_ceb4c165523f07612024-01-30Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_98392d56b57baf6a2024-01-31 · +1dVerified

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California State AGbd_3db61e65232ceb3b2024-01-29 · +1dCandidate
Oregon State AGbd_6ad88753f461a26f2024-01-29 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_e963eb59f735e9372024-01-26 · +4dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_2eccaf3d50008a412024-02-12 · +13dVerified

Name: Bankers Life and Casualty Company
norm: bankers life and casualty

Name: Bankers Life and Casualty Company
norm: bankers life and casualty
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 29, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 26, 2024
Affected individuals: 63state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access· Scattered Spider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: Scattered SpiderExternal
Regulator citations: Notified the Office of the Attorney General of New HampshireNotified law enforcementWorking with the Federal Bureau of InvestigationWorking with the Offices of the United States Attorneys
Third party: via Verizon
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Immediately took steps to contain any unauthorized access
Launched a full investigation
Promptly notified law enforcement
Began working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Began working with the Offices of the United States Attorneys
Disabled the senior officer’s corporate access
Reset passwords for personnel
Blocked the threat actor’s potential access
Scanned its environment
Implemented additional security measures designed to prevent the reoccurrence of this type of an event
Hired an external forensics investigator to conduct an investigation
Took steps to further restrict and monitor access to our systems
Enhanced security procedures
Enhanced policyholder safeguards to provide added protection to personal information
Offering identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures designed to prevent the reoccurrence of this type of an event
Took steps to further restrict and monitor access to our systems
Enhanced security procedures
Enhanced policyholder safeguards to provide added protection to personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(62 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

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Indiana State AGJan 26 · first

California State AG+3d

Oregon State AG+3d

Montana State AG+4d

Washington State AG+4d

Maine State AG+4d

New Hampshire State AG+4d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+5d

South Carolina State AG+17d

Pattern: first filing Jan 26 (IN), last Feb 12 (SC) — a 17-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/bankers-life-casualty-20240130.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 30, 2024
Raw hash: 5ca532affc21689d2f936f4d36c7a44e2eeec2804b360c008dba2bcf81bd995e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBankers Life and Casualty Company

Victim entityBankers Life and Casualty Company

Incidentdiscovered Nov 29, 2023

Stated responseImmediately took steps to contain any unauthorized access

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov