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MassMutual Ascend Life Insurance Company data breach

USUnited States

MassMutual Ascend Life Insurance Company (United States) notified the Oregon Department of Justice, the Iowa Attorney General, the California Attorney General and the Washington Attorney General of a data breach on 10 August 2023. It told the states about 18,675 Washington residents; the total can be higher. The breach began on 29 May 2023, 73 days before it was reported.

Status
Confirmed breach
People affected
18,675 Washington residents (one state’s count; the total can be higher)
Reported
10 August 2023
Breach began
29 May 2023
Time to tell
73 days (the median in California’s notices over the last year: 154 days)

What was exposed

The register’s list does not say what was exposed; the notice it links to (under Sources) usually does.

What changed since it was first reported

  1. Confirmed breach, 18,675 Washington residents (Washington Attorney General)

Sources

Official notices are read by code from the regulator’s own register. More notices to Oregon, Iowa, California, Washington. · Corrections and changes

Organisations breached through MassMutual Ascend Life Insurance Company

1 breach at MassMutual Ascend Life Insurance Company’s customers or partners, each named in a source. The MassMutual Ascend Life Insurance Company breach (2023) →

  1. Annuity Investors Life Insurance Company (MassMutual Ascend Life Insurance Company)USUnited States · 30 August 2023 –not reported

    Annuity Investors Life Insurance Company (MassMutual Ascend Life Insurance Company) Iowa Attorney General

If MassMutual Ascend Life Insurance Company had your data

  1. Look for MassMutual Ascend Life Insurance Company’s own notice or letter: it should say what of yours was involved. Keep it.
  2. The register’s list does not say what was exposed; the notice it links to (under Sources) usually does. If MassMutual Ascend Life Insurance Company has a password of yours, change it now to be safe.
  3. Expect scams that use your details: calls, texts or emails pretending to be MassMutual Ascend Life Insurance Company, your bank or the police. Never give codes or passwords, never approve a sign-in you did not start, never move money.

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