Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America Discloses Massive Data Breach

Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America disclosed a massive data breach affecting most of the firm’s 1.4 million U.S. customers, professionals and select employees. A hacker used social engineering to breach one of its cloud vendors on July 16 and steal most of its customers’ personally identifiable information. The company discovered the intrusion the next day and responded immediately, notifying the FBI. The breach was the result of a social engineering attack, according to the company’s filing with the Maine Attorney General’s office. Allianz had no evidence that the hacker had accessed the company’s own computer networks, including its policy administration system.

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