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Allianz Life says ‘majority’ of customers’ personal data stolen in cyberattack


Exclusive: Allianz Life said the "majority" of its customers and employees had data stolen in the July cyberattack. The insurance giant has more than 125 million customers worldwide.

U.S. insurance giant Allianz Life has confirmed to TechCrunch that hackers stole the personal information of the “majority” of its customers, financial professionals, and employees during a mid-July data breach. The company disclosed the data breach on Saturday in a legally required filing with Maine’s attorney general, but did not immediately provide a number of how many Allianz Life customers are affected. Security researchers at Google said in June that they were “aware of multiple intrusions” across the insurance sector attributed to Scattered Spider, a collective of hackers and techniques that rely on social engineering techniques, such as deceptively calling and tricking helpdesks into granting them access to a company’s network.

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