On October 6, 2022, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company filed an official notice of a data breach with the Texas Attorney General after an unauthorized party gained access to sensitive consumer information that had been entrusted to the company. According to MassMutual, the breach resulted in the names, addresses, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, state identification numbers, and financial account information belonging to certain individuals being compromised. Recently, MassMutual sent out data breach letters to all affected parties, informing them of the incident and what they can do to protect themselves from identity theft and other frauds.

If your information was leaked in the MassMutual data breach, the unfortunate reality is that you are now at an increased risk of identity theft and other frauds. As we’ve discussed in a previous post, while there is no guarantee that your information will be used for criminal purposes, it is essential to take precautionary measures well in advance of any unauthorized activity. Otherwise, you risk being among the millions of Americans who spend months trying to resolve cases of identity theft.

What We Know About the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Data Breach

The available information regarding the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance breach comes from the company’s filing with the Texas Attorney General. However, MassMutual has not yet publicly released the data breach letters that it sent to victims of the breach, nor has it posted notice of the incident on its website. Thus, there is currently limited information about the MassMutual breach.

However, according to the Texas AG’s “Data Security Breach Reports” page, the MassMutual data breach resulted in the names, addresses, Social Security numbers, driver’s licenses numbers, state identification numbers, and financial account information of an estimated 1,472 Texas residents being leaked. And because MassMutual does business throughout the country, the chances are good that the total number of U.S. victims is much higher.

On October 6, 2022, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance sent out data breach letters to all individuals whose information was compromised as a result of the recent data security incident.

Founded in 1851, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company is one of the largest insurance and financial services companies in the country. Based in Springfield, Massachusetts, the company offers a wide range of insurance, retirement planning and investment products. As of 2022, Forbes ranked MassMutual as number 100 in the largest 500 companies by revenue. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance employs more than 9,974 people and generates approximately $23 billion in annual revenue.