Aflac It said it has identified suspicious activity on the U.S. network that could affect social security numbers and other personal information, saying it targets the insurance industry’s incidents of cybercriminal activity.
The company said Friday that the invasion stopped within hours.
“We continue to serve our customers and when we respond to this incident, we can underwrite policies, review claims and serve our customers as usual,” Aflac said in a statement.
The company said it was an early stage of review of the incident and that the total number of affected people was not determined so far.
Aflac Inc. said that the documents that may affect include claim information, health information, social insurance numbers and other personal information related to customers, beneficiaries, employees, agents and other individuals.
Columbus, Georgia, said it will provide 24 months of free credit surveillance and identity theft protection and medical shield to anyone called its call center.
Cyberattacks against companies have been rampant for many years, but Attack on retail companies Improved awareness of this issue Vulnerability It will affect customers.
United Natural FoodWholesale distributors said earlier this month that their system’s ability to violate orders – leaving many stores without certain items, thus violating their systems.
In the UK, consumers are unable to order from the Marks & Spencer website for more than six weeks – found fewer in-store choices Hackers target British clothing, household goods and food retailers. Cyber attacks by UK grocery chain cooperatives have also led to empty shelves in some stores.
Security breach discovered by Victoria Secret brought popular lingerie sellers to last month Close its US shopping website Nearly four days, and some in-store services were stopped. Victoria’s Secret later revealed that its company system was also affected, resulting in the company’s Delayed first-quarter earnings release.
Northface said it found a “small-scale credential fill attack” on its website in April. The company reported no credit card data was compromised and said the incidents that affected 1,500 consumers were “quickly included”.
Adidas public Last month, “unauthorized external parties” obtained some data through third-party customer service providers, most of which were contact information.
