AFLAC, one of the largest insurance companies in the United States, says hackers stole an unknown amount of personal information from its customers from its network during a Cyberettack earlier this month.
Insurance giant confirmed Friday in a legally required deposit With the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the company that identified the hackers on its system on June 12 and contained the incident. AFLAC, which provides additional insurance to people whose expenses are not covered by their main providers, said it was not yet known how many customers are affected by data violation, but that personal data includes customers’ claims, such as social security numbers and health information.
The breach also included data from the beneficiaries, employees and AFLAC officials, the company said.
AFLAC said his systems were not affected by ransomware, but attributed the violation to an undetermined group of cyber crimes known to be aimed at the US insurance industry. According to Friday’s press releaseAFLAC said the hackers used social engineering tactics to break into its network.
An Aflac spokesman, who did not provide his name, refused to answer TechCrunch questions when he arrived via e -mail on Monday.
AFLAC, which has about 50 million customers per The company’s websiteIt is the last US insurance company to experience a cyberspace in recent weeks, amid warnings that hackers are aiming for the wider insurance industry.
John Hultquist, head of Google’s threat intelligence unit, said last week that the unit was “aware of multiple invasions” in the US that bear the characteristics of the activity associated with the scattered spider, a loosely tied collective by hackers offices and centers they call to gain access to the network.
Hackers are also Reportedly Recent invasions at Erie insurance and Philadelphia Insurance Companieswhich revealed Cyberettacks this month, with an ongoing disorder.
Hackers associated with scattered spider attacks are known to be economically motivated and have previously been linked to cyberattacks and invasions of technological giants, casinos and hotels, and Recent data violations Throughout the United Kingdom and US Retail Trade.
