The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Metropolitan Life Insurance Company on March 28, 2024. The breach occurred on November 1, 2023, due to a coding transmission error that misdirected electronic dental claim information to incorrect providers, potentially affecting personal information including names and Social Security numbers of impacted patients.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-583199
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/metlife
"id": "met502072525",
"linkid": "metlife",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2023",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Insurance',
'name': 'Metropolitan Life Insurance Company',
'type': 'Insurance Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Coding Transmission Error',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
'Social Security numbers']},
'date_detected': '2023-11-01',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2024-03-28',
'description': 'A coding transmission error misdirected electronic dental '
'claim information to incorrect providers, potentially '
'affecting personal information including names and Social '
'Security numbers of impacted patients.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Social Security numbers']},
'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Coding Transmission Error'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2024-03-28',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at Metropolitan Life Insurance Company',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Coding Transmission Error'}