The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Metropolitan Life Insurance Company on November 16, 2018. The breach occurred on October 18, 2018, when an email containing personal information, including Social Security Numbers, was inadvertently sent to a Benefits Administrator for another MetLife group customer. The specific number of individuals affected is unknown.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-141884
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/metlife
"id": "met305072625",
"linkid": "metlife",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2018",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Insurance',
'name': 'Metropolitan Life Insurance Company',
'type': 'Insurance Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Email',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers']},
'date_detected': '2018-10-18',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2018-11-16',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving Metropolitan Life Insurance Company on '
'November 16, 2018. The breach occurred on October 18, 2018, '
'when an email containing personal information, including '
'Social Security Numbers, was inadvertently sent to a Benefits '
'Administrator for another MetLife group customer. The '
'specific number of individuals affected is unknown.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2018-11-16',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Human Error'}