Principal Life Insurance

Disclosed Nov 11, 20196 years ago20,333 affectedConfirmed

What is known

People affected	20,333 (as reported by the organization)
Disclosed	Nov 11, 2019
Discovered	Mar 2, 2020
Happened	Dec 12, 2019
Attack	Not stated
Data exposed	Not stated
Sector	Insurance · US
Status	Confirmed

Source	Kind
California Attorney General breach notice: Principal Life Insuranceoag.ca.gov · Official notice	Official notice
Oregon DOJ breach notice: Principal Life Insurancejustice.oregon.gov · Official notice	Official notice
Indiana Attorney General 2020 data breach report: Principal Life Insurancein.gov · Official notice	Official notice
Indiana Attorney General 2019 data breach report: Principal Life Insurancein.gov · Official notice	Official notice

Where	Filed	People
Indiana AGresidents of IN	Nov 11, 2019	34
Indiana AGresidents of IN	Apr 8, 2020	280
California AGresidents of CA	May 7, 2020
Oregon DOJresidents of OR	May 7, 2020	20,333

Breach	Disclosed	Attack	Sector	Status	Affected
Disclosed Apr 17, 2025Apr 17, 20251 year ago	Apr 17, 20251 year ago	Not stated	Insurance	Confirmed	11
Disclosed Feb 23, 2021Feb 23, 20215 years ago	Feb 23, 20215 years ago	Not stated	Insurance	Confirmed	6,134
Disclosed Mar 19, 2019Mar 19, 20197 years ago	Mar 19, 20197 years ago	Not stated	Insurance	Confirmed	98
Disclosed May 2, 2014May 2, 201412 years ago	May 2, 201412 years ago	Not stated	Insurance	Confirmed	1

History of this record

2026-09-25 · source: empty to https://www.in.gov/attorneygeneral/consumer-protection-division/id-theft-prevention/files/DecDataBreach.pdf · backfill source
2026-09-25 · disclosed: 2020-04-08 to 2019-11-11 · backfill source
2026-09-25 · records_basis: empty to organization · backfill source
2026-09-25 · records: empty to 20333 · backfill source
2026-09-25 · disclosed: 2020-05-07 to 2020-04-08 · backfill source
2026-09-25 · discovered: empty to 2020-03-02 · 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.