Hackers have access to personal data on the majority of 1.4 million customers Allianz The company, Life Insurance Company of North America, confirmed on Saturday.
The Munich, German-based Alyianz SE subsidiary, Miniyapolis-based Elianz Life said that data violations took place on July 16 when a “malicious danger actor” had reached a third-party, cloud-based system used by the company.
Elianz Life said in a statement, “Dhazha actor Elianz Life was able to receive individual identifying data related to financial professionals and to choose employees using social engineering techniques.” “We took immediate action to reduce and reduce the issue and inform the FBI.”
The company said that its own system was not accessed, just the third party platform.
Allians Life said that its investigation is going on and the company has started reaching the affected persons. It states that this incident involves only Elians Jeevan in the US, not other Allians Corporate Institutions.
In the case of data violations, a “social engineering technique” usually involves using tricks to achieve access. Spokesperson Brett Wenberg said he cannot provide details as they are still investigating.
Allians life too Informed Violation For many other officials including the Main Attorney General’s office. A filing on the agency’s website said that the company discovered the breech the next day after this happened, and it would offer 24 -month identity theft protection and credit monitoring to them.
Allianz Life was known as North American Life and Casualty until it was acquired by the German group Allianz SE in 1979 and changed its name to Elianz Life Insurance Company of North America. With a majority working in Minnesota, there are about 2,000 employees in the US, According to its website,
It is one of the five North American subsidiaries of the Munich Global Financial Services Group Allians SE, which states that it serves more than 125 million customers worldwide.
