Allianz data breach, U.S. customer data

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Hackers have stolen personal information of a majority of insurance firm Allianz Life’s 1.4 million customers in North America, its parent company said. “On July 16, 2025, a malicious threat actor gained access to a third-party, cloud-based CRM system used by Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America (Allianz Life),” Allianz said in a statement to the BBC. …

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd6nyng861wo

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Ya beat me to it 😃 : https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/allianz-life-confirms-data-breach-impacts-majority-of-14-million-customers/

… The company first revealed the breach in a mandatory filing with Maine’s Attorney General’s Office on Saturday, issuing a placeholder notification alerting of the breach. … While Allianz Life declined to answer questions about the threat actor and whether they were being extorted, BleepingComputer has learned that the attack is believed to have been conducted by the ShinyHunters extortion group. …

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Picked up by TheRegister, though it contradicts BleepingComputer who the perps are : https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/28/allianz_life_data_breach/

… Allianz went on to say that the attacker or attackers gained access to Allianz Life’s third-party, cloud-based CRM system, although it did not confirm the vendor supplying that system. … Despite [Scattered Spider] recently targeting the insurance industry, no credible source has linked it to the Allianz attack. …

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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-leak-allianz-life-data-stolen-in-salesforce-attacks/ – Hackers leak Allianz Life data stolen in Salesforce attacks

Hackers have released stolen data belonging to US insurance giant Allianz Life, exposing 2.8 million records with sensitive information on business partners and customers in ongoing Salesforce data theft attacks. … While the company did not name the provider, BleepingComputer first reported the incident was part of a wave of Salesforce-targeted thefts carried out by the ShinyHunters extortion group. …

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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/massive-allianz-life-data-breach-impacts-11-million-people/ – Massive Allianz Life data breach impacts 1.1 million people

Hackers have stolen the personal information of 1.1 million individuals in a Salesforce data theft attack, which impacted U.S. insurance giant Allianz Life in July. … As the company disclosed last month, information belonging to the “majority” of its 1.4 million customers was stolen by attackers who gained access to a third-party cloud CRM system on July 16th. …

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