Principal Life Insurance Company‐Security Breach

Disclosed Aug 18, 201610 years ago114 affectedConfirmed

Official notice

What is known

People affected	114 (as reported by the organization)
Disclosed	Aug 18, 2016
Happened	Feb 22, 2017
Attack	Not stated
Data exposed	Not stated
Sector	Insurance · US
Status	Confirmed

Sources

Source	Kind
Indiana Attorney General 2017 data breach report: Principal Life Insurance Company-Security Breachin.gov · Official notice	Official notice
Indiana Attorney General 2016 data breach report: Principal Life Insurance Company-Security Breachin.gov · Official notice	Official notice

Notices filed

Where	Filed	People
Indiana AGresidents of IN	Aug 18, 2016	1
Indiana AGresidents of IN	Feb 3, 2017	1
Indiana AGresidents of IN	Mar 14, 2017	4
Indiana AGresidents of IN	Jun 2, 2017	1

Other breaches at Principal Life Insurance Company‐Security Breach

Breach	Disclosed	Attack	Sector	Status	Affected
Disclosed Nov 5, 2018Nov 5, 20187 years ago	Nov 5, 20187 years ago	Not stated	Insurance	Confirmed	1,077
Disclosed Mar 14, 2018Mar 14, 20188 years ago	Mar 14, 20188 years ago	Not stated	Insurance	Confirmed	6

History of this record

2026-09-25 · disclosed: 2017-02-03 to 2016-08-18 · backfill source
2026-09-25 · disclosed: 2017-03-14 to 2017-02-03 · backfill source
2026-09-25 · added · backfill source

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

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