DisclosureLens
HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceDelayed DiscoveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsHigh

Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company

bd_f7709ab20ee579b2 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Aug 23, 2023

Filed

Feb 15, 2024

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected · nationwide

261,1874,321 in this filing

Linked

6 records

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company →

Virginia Farm Bureau, a financial services organization, reported a data breach affecting 261,187 individuals, including 4,321 Maine residents. The breach, which occurred on October 6, 2022, and was discovered on August 23, 2023, involved an external system hack. The compromised data includes names combined with financial account or credit/debit card numbers and their associated security codes or PINs. Affected individuals were notified in writing on February 15, 2024, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services from CyEx.

Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d25 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 321 days
discovery → filing · 25 weeks / 176 days

Oct 6, 2022

Begins

Aug 23, 2023

Discovered

Feb 15, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+17 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)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGFeb 15 · first
Massachusetts State AGFeb 15 · first
California State AGFeb 15 · first
Montana State AGFeb 15 · first
Maine 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.