The California Office of the Attorney General reported that Principal Life Insurance Company experienced a data breach on February 5, 2021. The breach involved the unauthorized disclosure of personal information including names, addresses, and Social Security numbers. The incident affected an unspecified number of individuals, and the breach was reported on February 23, 2021.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-538229
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/principal-financial-group
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"linkid": "principal-financial-group",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "2/2021",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Insurance',
'name': 'Principal Life Insurance Company',
'type': 'Insurance Company'}],
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'Social Security numbers']},
'date_detected': '2021-02-05',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-02-23',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported that '
'Principal Life Insurance Company experienced a data breach on '
'February 5, 2021, which involved the unauthorized disclosure '
'of personal information including names, addresses, and '
'Social Security numbers. The incident affected an unspecified '
'number of individuals, and the breach was reported on '
'February 23, 2021.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'Social Security numbers']},
'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Principal Life Insurance Company Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}