Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) on June 4, 2013. The breach occurred on May 8, 2013, due to an inadvertent disclosure of personal identifying information, including names and Social Security numbers, to a non-affiliated third party, affecting an unspecified number of individuals.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-41920

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/massmutual-financial-group

"id": "mas1022072725",
"linkid": "massmutual-financial-group",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "5/2013",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Insurance',
                        'location': 'Massachusetts',
                        'name': 'Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company '
                                '(MassMutual)',
                        'type': 'Insurance Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Inadvertent Disclosure',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Social Security numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2013-05-08',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2013-06-04',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company '
                '(MassMutual) on June 4, 2013. The breach occurred on May 8, '
                '2013, due to an inadvertent disclosure of personal '
                'identifying information, including names and Social Security '
                'numbers, to a non-affiliated third party, affecting an '
                'unspecified number of individuals.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Social Security numbers']},
 'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'MassMutual Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
Great! Next, complete checkout for full access to Rankiteo Blog.
Welcome back! You've successfully signed in.
You've successfully subscribed to Rankiteo Blog.
Success! Your account is fully activated, you now have access to all content.
Success! Your billing info has been updated.
Your billing was not updated.