Aflac revealed on Friday that he had experienced a violation of cyber security “sophisticated group for cyber crime”, in which the personal data of their customers could be endangered, making it the latest insurer to be a victim of a cyber attack.
Without determining the name, the health and life insurance company, in its statement, she said that the violation – found on June 12 – was carried out a “sophisticated group for computer crime” that used “social engineering tactics”.
Health insurance companies have recently faced increased risks of cyber security, with violations of Unitedhealth is the most important example last year the most important example.
What is “social engineering tactics”?
“Social engineering tactics” claimed to have used hackers to engage in the insurer network in the insurer network, involves someone to share security information to break into the network. It is a characteristic feature of scattered attackers of spiders known to represent large corporations as technical support, mentions the CNN report.
How many people are influenced by violations of Aflac cyber security?
While Aflac stated that he was unable to determine the total number of individuals affected, he noted that information about the claims, health security information, social security numbers, and other personal data could be endangered.
The insurer also claimed that he could stop the intrusion in a few hours and addressed third -party cyber safety experts to investigate the incident.
“We immediately launched our reports on the response to cyber incidents and stopped in a few hours,” CBS News reported with quoting Aflac.
“Campaign with computer crime against insurance”
At the beginning of this month, two insurance companies, Erie Insurance and Philadelphia, announced that their networks had been hacked.
Aflac cyber safety violation is the latest case in the list of health insurance companies that face safety disruptions.
“It was part of a computer crime campaign against the insurance industry,” Aflac said in a statement issued on Friday.
Aflac is one of the largest providers of supplementary health insurance in the US for health expenses that the primary provider does not cover.
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