Aflak said Friday that cybercriminals violated its computer system, which potentially exposed some of the most personal data – including social security numbers and health care information – recently recently unidentified persons about the recent attacks against insurance companies.
Columbus, Georgia -based insurance providers said it found suspicious activity on its US networks, responded quickly and managed to stop the online penetrats “within hours”. Aflak added that his business was running and his system was not affected by the renamware.
Aflak is the latest and largest insurance company targeted by cybercriminals so far. Philadelphia insurance and Ari Insurance were targeted by CyberTex this month and has not yet resumed full operations.
AFLAC said in a statement without providing details of returning the claim, “This attack, such as many insurance companies are currently experiencing, is due to a sophisticated cybercrime group.” “It was part of a cybercrime campaign against the insurance industry.”
Aflak said he was working with external cybercutical experts to investigate the violation. This is in the process of determining which files it was likely to be compromised and how many people were affected. Possibly affected files may include customer data such as social security numbers, insurance claims, health information and other personal details. The company said information about Afalak’s employees, agents and others in its US business can also be compromised.
Although the investigation is still in its early stages, Aflak said it appears that the attackers have access to its networks through a social engineering attack, where, rather than entering the computer system, often like an executive or IT worker, as a person in control of them as a person.
John Holkost, chief analyst of Google’s Threat Intelligence Group, said recent attacks against insurance companies have tolerated the “all characteristics” of the scattered spider cybercrime group, which are linked to financial services, telecommunications and high -level attacks against Las Vegas Casino and hotels.
“Given the history of this actor at a time at a time, the insurance industry should be alert, especially for social engineering schemes that target desk and call centers with their help,” said in a statement.
Although it has not yet been determined who is affected and how bad the damage may be, Aflak has already taken an extraordinary step to contact his call center at 855-361-0305 for free credit monitoring, identification theft and medical shield coverage for 24 months.
Aflac is the largest provider of additional health insurance providers in the United States and has a global customer base about 50 million people.
