AFLAC Health Insurance Giant ReviewHe was a victim of cybersecurity on Friday, but was dealt with within hours.
AFLAC, which considers itself “provider No. 1 for additional health insurance products” in the United States, has about 50 million customers. The company said it is too early to know the number of users who were affected by the breach.
Earlier this week, the GOOGLE threat evaluation group warned that “multiple interventions in the United States” has signs SpiderRansomware Group that targeted Marks & Spencer and other retailers, which is the most famous for penetrating the Las Vegas casinos in September 2023.
A senior Google Holwest RecordAnd it is the port of the Institution Technology News, the e -crime group usually focuses on one sector at one time, and that “the insurance industry must be at a state of high alert, especially for social engineering plans, which target assistance offices and communication centers.” Social engineering is when the infiltrator is presented as a technology support factor to acquire safety information.
AFLAC said that social engineering caused it to be penetrated, although the breach did not include a ransom, and they did not mention a scattered spider in their statement, instead in reference to a “advanced electronic crime group”.
The biggest breach of the American health care history in February 2024, to change health care, which affected more than a million users, According to To the Ministry of Health and Health. The stolen data in any such accident not only includes medical records, but credit card numbers, social security numbers, driver licenses and more.
AFLAC reassured its customers that the problem has been dealt with through cyber response protocols, and that customer service will not be affected.
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2025-06-20 17:18:00