HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsEmployee Data InvolvedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Elephant Insurance Services, LLC

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 1, 2022

Filed

Jan 13, 2023

To disclose

41 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

13 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Elephant Insurance Services, LLC →2 incidents on file

Elephant Insurance Services, LLC disclosed unauthorized access to employee email accounts occurring between September 2021 and March 2022. The company identified unusual activity in April 2022. The investigation determined that name and address information of customers and employees was present in the affected emails. No confirmation of data exfiltration was made, but notice was sent out of an abundance of caution. The company engaged third-party specialists, secured systems, changed passwords, and offered identity monitoring services.

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California clockDiscovered Apr 1, 2022 → Notified May 1, 202230d ✓ CA 60-day OK41 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 212 days

discovery → filing · 41 weeks / 287 days

Sep 1, 2021

Begins

Apr 1, 2022

Discovered

Jan 13, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+33 wks slower

This filing is one of 13 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_514f11df42d9cb552023-01-13Verified
Delaware State AGbd_a2b9e4be35baa6902023-01-13Verified
Oregon State AGbd_41d04d04e8e31ca12023-02-27 · +45dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_e5c67ea894af101a2022-05-31 · +227dVerified

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Washington State AGbd_02eea774d2f733492022-05-25 · +233dCandidate
Delaware State AGbd_5705d2f819bcc2f82022-05-25 · +233dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_6e385ed0b3beb6902022-05-25 · +233dVerified
Maine State AGbd_7d05c4c5c31b6d4e2022-05-25 · +233dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_91c7b89b725f8d0d2022-05-25 · +233dVerified
Montana State AGbd_9be6865e69c3fc042022-05-25 · +233dVerified

Showing first 10 of 12 linked disclosures.

Name: Elephant Insurance Services, LLC
norm: elephant insurance
Domain: elephant.com

Name: Elephant Insurance Services, LLC
norm: elephant insurance
Domain: elephant.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 1, 2022
Breach occurred: Sep 1, 2021 – Mar 28, 2022
Undetected for: 212 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 1, 2022
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported the incident to federal law enforcementNotifying appropriate state regulatory agencies

During the incident: Undertook a comprehensive investigation, working with third-party specialists
Secured our systems
Changed relevant passwords
Reported the incident to federal law enforcement
Notifying appropriate state regulatory agencies
Offering access to 12 months of identity monitoring services
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing our existing safeguards and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 41 weeks(287 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 30d
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: Apr 1, 2022
→ Notified: May 1, 2022
30d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Apr 1, 2022 → Notified: May 1, 2022	30d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 10 states

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Washington State AGMay 25 · first

Delaware State AGMay 25 · first

South Carolina State AGMay 25 · first

Maine State AGMay 25 · first

Massachusetts State AGMay 25 · first

Montana State AGMay 25 · first

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Vermont State AG+233d

Delaware State AG+233d

California State AG+233d · this page

Oregon State AG+278d

Pattern: first filing May 25 (WA), last Feb 27 (OR) — a 278-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 12 — 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/sb24-561734
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 13, 2023
Raw hash: 7242e95e85ddb71c31ec37ec0bc4a3e04235ce17379c1c3851d09caba6c96f3f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityElephant Insurance Services, LLC

Victim entityElephant Insurance Services, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Apr 1, 2022

Stated responseUndertook a comprehensive investigation, working with third-party specialists

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov