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Hackers goal insurance coverage large in ongoing business cyber spree

Editorial Board Published June 20, 2025
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Aflac mentioned on Friday that unhealthy actors could have stolen the non-public information of its U.S. clients after the insurance coverage supplier was the newest hit in an ongoing hacking spree focusing on the business.

“While the investigation remains in its early stages, in the spirit of transparency and care for our customers, we are sharing that our preliminary findings indicate that the unauthorized party used social engineering tactics to gain access to our network,” Aflac, one of many largest suppliers of supplemental medical insurance, mentioned in an announcement. 

Whereas it has already began to evaluate doubtlessly impacted information, Aflac mentioned it couldn’t decide the full variety of these affected till the evaluate is accomplished. The corporate did not specify a timeframe for when which will occur.  

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The headquarters of Aflac Inc. stands in Columbus, Georgia on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009.  (Chris Rank/Bloomberg through Getty Pictures)

Nonetheless, the stolen information could include claims info, well being info, social safety numbers, and different private info associated to clients, beneficiaries, workers, brokers and different people throughout its U.S. enterprise, the corporate mentioned. 

The corporate initially recognized suspicious exercise on its community on June 12 and subsequently “initiated our cyber incident response protocols and stopped the intrusion within hours.”

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Screens show Aflac Inc. signage on the ground of the New York Inventory Change (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Monday, Jun. 11, 2018.  (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg through Getty Pictures)

Aflac mentioned the assault was carried out by a “sophisticated” cybercrime group as a part of a “cybercrime campaign against the insurance industry.” It additionally mentioned it wasn’t the one insurance coverage firm that skilled such an assault. 

Philadelphia Insurance coverage Corporations and Erie Insurance coverage had been hit earlier this month by assaults, inflicting widespread disruptions to their IT techniques. 

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FILE PHOTO: A person holds a laptop computer pc as cyber code is projected on him on this illustration image taken on Could 13, 2017. (Reuters)

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The enterprise remains to be operational, and its techniques weren’t affected by ransomware, in response to Aflac. The corporate mentioned it’s nonetheless doing enterprise per ordinary, resembling underwriting insurance policies and reviewing claims. In the meantime, whereas the evaluate is underway, the corporate mentioned it is providing any particular person who contacts our devoted name middle free credit score monitoring and id theft safety, and Medical Protect for twenty-four months. 

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