U.S. insurance giant Allianz Life has suffered a major data breach, compromising the personal information of 1.1 million customers, according to breach notification service Have I Been Pwned.
The incident, disclosed in late July, stemmed from a hack of a Salesforce-hosted customer relationship database, which contained sensitive details of Allianz Life’s 1.4 million customers and employees. While the company has not confirmed the exact number affected, the stolen data reportedly includes names, gender, birth dates, email and home addresses, phone numbers, and Social Security numbers.
The breach is linked to ShinyHunters, a notorious hacking group known for social engineering and extortion tactics. The gang is reportedly preparing a data leak site to pressure Allianz into paying a ransom, a strategy often used by ransomware operators.
Allianz has informed regulators in Texas and Massachusetts and pledged to provide two years of identity monitoring services for impacted individuals. The company said its investigation is ongoing and declined further comment.
This attack follows a wave of recent high-profile breaches, including Microsoft and UnitedHealth Group. UnitedHealth’s hack remains the largest healthcare breach in U.S. history, affecting 192.7 million people, underscoring the growing scale and severity of cyberattacks on global enterprises.
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