AMERITAS LIFE INSURANCE CORP.

Ameritas Life Insurance Corporation reported a data breach to the Montana Attorney General. The breach was reported on 2019-07-08. The breach occurred from 5/1/2019 to 6/4/2019. 124 Montana residents were affected.

Affected (this filing): 124

Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. (NE) reported to HHS on 2019-07-08 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 39,675 individuals (39,675 per HHS portal; 69,106 cited in the web description). Multiple employees were subjected to an email phishing scheme, exposing PHI including names, addresses, email addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, member ID numbers, and life insurance information. Breached information was located in Email systems. The CE notified affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. Remediation included enhanced safeguards and workforce retraining on phishing identification. Business associate was not involved.

Affected (this filing): 39,675

Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. reported a data breach affecting individuals between May 1 and June 4, 2019. A phishing campaign compromised employee email credentials, leading to unauthorized access to systems containing names, addresses, SSNs, and policyholder data. Ameritas engaged forensic investigators, reset passwords, and provided one year of Kroll identity monitoring services.