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Columbus Life Insurance Company

Columbus Life Insurance Company notified California AG on Jan 22, 2024 of a data breach, which occurred on Oct 17, 2023. Data exposed: Social Security number, Name.

Case file (dates, days to notice against the statute, what the letter offers, prior incidents)

Organization
Columbus Life Insurance Company
Source
California AG · source record
Date reported
Jan 22, 2024
Date(s) of breach
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Residents affected
Not published by this source
Data exposed
Social Security number Name
Notice letter
Sample notice (PDF)
Discovered
Oct 17, 2023, as stated in the letter
"What Happened On October 17, 2023, FFS was the victim of a ransomware attack which our data protection team discovered was an attempt to access and freeze all of our Information Systems Data."
Days to notice
97 days from discovery (Oct 17, 2023) to the California record (Jan 22, 2024). Statute: 30 days from discovery or notification of the breach (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.82). Over the statutory period
Offered in the letter
credit or identity monitoring through Experian
First seen by BreachTally
2026-10-30 15:42 UTC

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