The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company on November 21, 2023. The breach occurred on November 1, 2023, due to an inadvertent disclosure of personal information in an email, affecting one individual. The compromised information included the individual's Social Security Number.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/lincolnfinancial
"id": "lin443072525",
"linkid": "lincolnfinancial",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2023",
"severity": "25",
"impact": "1",
"explanation": "Attack without any consequences"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1,
'industry': 'Insurance',
'name': 'The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company',
'type': 'Insurance Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Inadvertent Disclosure',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1,
'personally_identifiable_information': ['Social Security '
'Number'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': 'Personal Information'},
'date_detected': '2023-11-01',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-11-21',
'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company '
'on November 21, 2023. The breach occurred on November 1, '
'2023, due to an inadvertent disclosure of personal '
'information in an email, affecting one individual. The '
"compromised information included the individual's Social "
'Security Number.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security Number']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-11-21',
'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company',
'type': 'Data Breach'}