Impact & Downstream Threats
This breach carries moderate risk due to the nature of exposed data fields and the scale of affected records.
- SIM swap attacks where phone numbers are present
- Targeted phishing campaigns using exposed email addresses
- Doxxing risk from physical address exposure
Breach Intelligence
Executive Summary
In , November 13 2024, , insurance giant , MetLife, found itself named in a sprawling multi-company leak when the self-styled “data vigilante” , Nam3L3ss, dumped 25 CSV files on BreachForums-one labeled , “met-life-2024”, containing , ≈ 585,000 employee records, . The trove, which Hudson Rock analysts tied back to the , 2023 MOVEit Transfer zero-day campaign, , was uploaded the same day it was purportedly stolen, suggesting little or no ransom negotiation. ,
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, Likely attack vector, ,
Hudson Rock and TechTarget traced time-stamps in the MetLife CSV back to , May 2023, , the same window Cl0p exploited CVE-2023-34362 in Progress Software’s , MOVEit, file-transfer product. Investigators believe a third-party vendor that handled bulk HR files for multiple clients lost the data during that spree
About MetLife
Global insurance and financial services company.
Data Points Exposed
Dark Web Verification
Status: Confirmed
- Dataset containing approximately 585K records identified in breach intelligence sources.
- The data is indexed and searchable across breach notification platforms.
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Frequently Asked Questions
In November 2024, MetLife experienced a data breach that exposed approximately 585K records containing personal information.
The exposed data includes fields such as email address, full name, phone number, physical address:home.
Approximately 585K records were affected based on current breach intelligence.
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- A high-profile executive
- A customer of MetLife
- Or concerned about credential reuse
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