Allianz Life confirms data breach affecting majority of 1.4M US customers

MINNEOLIS – Computer Pirates gained access to personal data about the majority of 1.4 million customers of the Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America.

Allianz SE, a German -based Allianz SE, a subsidiary of Munich, said that the Minneapolis -based Allianz Life took place on July 16 when it gained access to a cloud -based system.

Allianz Life, Allianz Life said, “The threat player was able to obtain personally identifiable data on the majority of Allianz Life customers and finance experts and chose Allianz Life employees using a social engineering technique.” He continued: “We immediately took action to control and alleviate the problem and reported the FBI.”

The company said that only third -party platform is not accessible to its own systems.

Allianz Life, the investigation continues and the company began to reach the affected individuals, he said. He said that the incident includes not only Allianz corporate organizations, but only allianz life in the United States.

In the case of data violations, a “social engineering technique” usually involves using tricks to obtain access. Spokesman Brett Weinberg said he still cannot provide details for researching.

Allianz Life reported . chewing Many other authorities, including Maine Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office. A filing on the agency’s website said that the company discovered the violation after the realization of the day after the company’s realization and that it would offer the affected 24 -month identity theft and credit monitoring.

Allianz Life was known as North American life and wounded until it was acquired in 1979 by the German Holding Allianz SE and changed its name to North America’s Allianz Life Insurance Company. There are about 2,000 employees in the US, the majority works in Minnesota, According to the website.

It is one of the five -north American subsidiaries of Allianz SE, the Munich -based Global Services Group, who says it serves more than 125 million customers worldwide.

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