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Ameritas Life Insurance

Disclosed Jul 8, 20197 years ago40,000 affectedConfirmed

Official notice

The covered entity (CE), Ameritas Life Insurance Corporation, reported that multiple employees were subjected to an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 69,106 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, e-mail addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, member identification numbers, and life insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. In addition, the CE retrained its workforce members on email security precautions and on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications.

What is known

People affected40,000 (as reported by the organization)
DisclosedJul 8, 2019
HappenedMay 1, 2019
AttackHacking
Data exposedNames, Health
SectorInsurance · US
StatusConfirmed

Sources

Notices filed

WhereFiledPeople
California AGresidents of CAJul 8, 2019
Indiana AGresidents of INJul 8, 2019471
HHS archivetotalJul 8, 201939,675

Other breaches at Ameritas Life Insurance

BreachAffected
Disclosed May 21, 2012May 21, 201214 years agoLost or stolen device3,000
History of this record
  • 2026-09-25 · attack: unknown to hacking · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · data_types: [] to ["names","health"] · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · summary: empty to The covered entity (CE), Ameritas Life Insurance Corporation, reported that multiple employees were subjected to an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 69,106 individuals. The PHI involved included · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · records_basis: empty to organization · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · records: empty to 40000 · backfill source
  • 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source

First seen 2026-09-25 (California AG), confirmed by California AG. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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