Aflac

Aflac insurance company has encountered a breach of personal data that has exposed the email accounts belonging to a small number of independent contractor sales agents.

Clients' personal information such as names, addresses, dates of birth, policy numbers, social security numbers, and bank account information may have been exposed.

The unauthorized access to email accounts happened between Jan. 17 and April 2.

The company took immediate action by resetting passwords, isolating specific email accounts and contacting the affected insurance agents.

Aflac has stated that they are unaware of any misuse of personal or health information at this time.

Source: https://www.wxyz.com/news/aflac-says-agent-emails-were-hacked-exposing-personal-information-of-clients

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/aflac

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"linkid": "aflac",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "05/2018",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Insurance',
                        'name': 'Aflac',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access to Email Accounts',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
                                                         'addresses',
                                                         'dates of birth',
                                                         'policy numbers',
                                                         'social security '
                                                         'numbers',
                                                         'bank account '
                                                         'information'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['personal information',
                                              'health information']},
 'date_detected': '2023-01-17',
 'date_resolved': '2023-04-02',
 'description': 'Aflac insurance company has encountered a breach of personal '
                'data that has exposed the email accounts belonging to a small '
                "number of independent contractor sales agents. Clients' "
                'personal information such as names, addresses, dates of '
                'birth, policy numbers, social security numbers, and bank '
                'account information may have been exposed. The unauthorized '
                'access to email accounts happened between Jan. 17 and April '
                '2. The company took immediate action by resetting passwords, '
                'isolating specific email accounts and contacting the affected '
                'insurance agents. Aflac has stated that they are unaware of '
                'any misuse of personal or health information at this time.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'addresses',
                                 'dates of birth',
                                 'policy numbers',
                                 'social security numbers',
                                 'bank account information'],
            'systems_affected': 'Email Accounts'},
 'response': {'communication_strategy': ['contacting the affected insurance '
                                         'agents'],
              'containment_measures': ['resetting passwords',
                                       'isolating specific email accounts']},
 'title': 'Aflac Insurance Company Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}