The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach by Transamerica Life Insurance Company on July 12, 2023, resulting from a cyberattack affecting approximately 54,773 Washington residents. The breach occurred between May 29 and May 30, 2023, through exploitation of a vulnerability in the MOVEit file transfer application, exposing names, Social Security numbers, and birth dates.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/transamerica
"id": "tra1043072625",
"linkid": "transamerica",
"type": "Vulnerability",
"date": "5/2023",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 54773,
'industry': 'Insurance',
'location': 'Washington State',
'name': 'Transamerica Life Insurance Company',
'type': 'Insurance Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Exploitation of Vulnerability',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 54773,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'Social Security numbers',
'birth dates']},
'date_detected': '2023-07-12',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-07-12',
'description': 'A data breach affecting approximately 54,773 Washington '
'residents occurred through exploitation of a vulnerability in '
'the MOVEit file transfer application, exposing names, Social '
'Security numbers, and birth dates.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'Social Security numbers',
'birth dates']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-07-12',
'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Transamerica Life Insurance Company Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'MOVEit file transfer application'}