The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

On April 12, 2019, the California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving The Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company. The breach occurred on February 7, 2019, when a former employee copied files containing personal information of approximately 43,000 individuals to an encrypted USB drive, affecting 887 California residents. The incident highlights the vulnerability of internal data to insider threats, emphasizing the need for robust security measures to protect sensitive information.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-146265

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/the-hartford

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"linkid": "the-hartford",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "2/2019",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

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                        'industry': 'Insurance',
                        'name': 'The Hartford Life and Accident Insurance '
                                'Company',
                        'type': 'Insurance Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Insider Threat',
 'data_breach': {'data_encryption': True,
                 'data_exfiltration': True,
                 'number_of_records_exposed': 43000,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Personal Information'},
 'date_detected': '2019-04-12',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2019-04-12',
 'description': 'A former employee copied files containing personal '
                'information of approximately 43,000 individuals to an '
                'encrypted USB drive.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Personal Information'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2019-04-12',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'threat_actor': 'Former Employee',
 'title': 'Data Breach at The Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Unauthorized Data Access'}