New York Life Insurance Company

On September 28, 2021, the Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving New York Life Insurance Company. The breach occurred from April 13, 2021, to May 12, 2021, and involved a phishing attack that compromised personal information, including Social Security numbers, affecting 1,749 individuals in total with 3 residents particularly noted.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/b2d8aec9-38c4-438e-a54e-77504f64918c.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/newyorklife

"id": "new511080425",
"linkid": "newyorklife",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "4/2021",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1749,
                        'industry': 'Insurance',
                        'name': 'New York Life Insurance Company',
                        'type': 'Insurance Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Phishing',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1749,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2021-05-12',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-09-28',
 'description': 'A data breach involving New York Life Insurance Company '
                'occurred from April 13, 2021, to May 12, 2021, due to a '
                'phishing attack that compromised personal information, '
                'including Social Security numbers, affecting 1,749 '
                'individuals in total with 3 residents particularly noted.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-09-28',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'New York Life Insurance Company Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}