The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company on November 16, 2023. The breach, which occurred on October 26, 2023, involved inadvertent disclosure of one individual's Social Security number, name, address, and bank account information due to an email sent to an unintended recipient. Identity theft protection services, including a one-year membership in Experian's credit monitoring service, were offered to the affected individual.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/18a00173-d8b7-40e9-a305-2357f92d9332.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/lincolnfinancial

"id": "lin252080425",
"linkid": "lincolnfinancial",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2023",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1,
                        'industry': 'Insurance',
                        'name': 'The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company',
                        'type': 'Insurance Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security number',
                                              'Name',
                                              'Address',
                                              'Bank account information']},
 'date_detected': '2023-10-26',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-11-16',
 'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company '
                'on November 16, 2023. The breach, which occurred on October '
                "26, 2023, involved inadvertent disclosure of one individual's "
                'Social Security number, name, address, and bank account '
                'information due to an email sent to an unintended recipient. '
                'Identity theft protection services, including a one-year '
                "membership in Experian's credit monitoring service, were "
                'offered to the affected individual.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security number',
                                 'Name',
                                 'Address',
                                 'Bank account information'],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High',
            'payment_information_risk': 'High'},
 'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Human Error'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-11-16',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Offered identity theft protection '
                                       'services',
                                       "One-year membership in Experian's "
                                       'credit monitoring service']},
 'title': 'Data Breach at The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Human Error'}