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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