Root Insurance

Disclosed Feb 25, 20215 years ago73,238 affectedConfirmed

Official notice

What is known

People affected	73,238 (as reported by the organization)
Disclosed	Feb 25, 2021
Discovered	Jan 28, 2021
Happened	Jan 21, 2021
Attack	Not stated
Data exposed	Not stated
Sector	Insurance · US
Status	Confirmed

Sources

Source	Kind
California Attorney General breach notice: Root Insuranceoag.ca.gov · Official notice	Official notice
Oregon DOJ breach notice: Root Insurancejustice.oregon.gov · Official notice	Official notice
Indiana Attorney General 2021 data breach report: Root Insurancein.gov · Official notice	Official notice

Notices filed

Where	Filed	People
Oregon DOJresidents of OR	Feb 25, 2021	61,198
Indiana AGresidents of IN	Feb 25, 2021	719
California AGresidents of CA	Mar 4, 2021

Other breaches at Root Insurance

Breach	Disclosed	Attack	Sector	Status	Affected
Quote tool breach exposed 45,000 New Yorkers' license data; USD 975,000 NY AGMar 20, 20251 year agoHacking	Mar 20, 20251 year ago	Hacking	Insurance	Settled	Unknown

History of this record

2026-09-25 · records_basis: empty to organization · backfill source
2026-09-25 · records: empty to 73238 · backfill source
2026-09-25 · disclosed: 2021-03-04 to 2021-02-25 · backfill source
2026-09-25 · discovered: empty to 2021-01-28 · 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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