On December 15, 2017, the California Attorney General reported a data breach involving MetLife that occurred on November 9, 2017. The breach involved the inadvertent disclosure of personal information, including names, Social Security numbers, and group life coverage election amounts, affecting an unspecified number of individuals.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-131091
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/metlife
"id": "met414072625",
"linkid": "metlife",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2017",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Insurance',
'name': 'MetLife',
'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',
'Group life coverage election '
'amounts']},
'date_detected': '2017-11-09',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2017-12-15',
'description': 'Inadvertent disclosure of personal information including '
'names, Social Security numbers, and group life coverage '
'election amounts.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
'Social Security numbers',
'Group life coverage election amounts']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2017-12-15',
'source': 'California Attorney General'}],
'title': 'MetLife Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}