Farmers Insurance experienced a data breach affecting over one million individuals’ personal information, with the breach caused by unauthorized access detected via a third-party vendor. The compromised data includes names, addresses, birth dates, and driver’s license numbers. #FarmersInsurance #DataBreach #ThirdPartyVendor #ZurichInsuranceGroup
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- Farmers Insurance serves about 10 million households across the U.S. with various insurance policies.
- The data breach impacted over 1 million individuals, including their personal and sensitive information.
- The breach was discovered through a third-party vendor’s detection of unauthorized database access.
- Attacker stole data including names, addresses, dates of birth, and driver’s license details.
- It remains unclear if the vendor was targeted specifically by ransomware or other malicious activity.
Read More: https://www.securityweek.com/farmers-insurance-data-breach-impacts-over-1-million-people/