Transamerica Life Insurance Company

Transamerica Life Insurance Company

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.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=15308

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'}
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