US insurance coverage agency Allianz Life has informed the media that hackers stole private data of the “majority” of its clients and workers earlier this month.
The corporate says {that a} hacker gained entry to an unnamed third-party cloud-based CRM utilized by Allianz Life, utilizing a social engineering assault.
The agency hasn’t stated if it has acquired a ransom demand, and it hasn’t shared any particulars on who the hackers might need been.
Nevertheless, we’ve seen different insurance coverage corporations focused lately, together with Aflac.
What’s the betting that that is hackers as soon as once more utilizing the Scattered Spider playbook – calling up help groups posing as clients or workers, pretending to be locked out of their accounts, and tricking help workers into granting them entry.
Perhaps with a slice of phishing, SIM swapping, and multi-factor authentication (MFA) bombing too…
