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company said Friday that the intrusion was stopped within hours.
“We continue to serve our customers as we respond to this
incident and can underwrite policies, review claims, and
otherwise service our customers as usual,” Aflac said in a
statement.
The company said that it's in the early stages of a review of
the incident, and so far is unable to determine the total number
of affected individuals.
Aflac Inc. said potentially impacted files contain claims
information, health information, Social Security numbers, and
other personal information, related to customers, beneficiaries,
employees, agents, and other individuals in its U.S. business.
The Columbus, Georgia, company said that it will offer free
credit monitoring and identity theft protection and Medical
Shield for 24 months to anyone that calls its call center.
Cyberattacks against companies have been rampant for years, but
a string of attacks on retail companies have raised awareness of
the issue because the breaches can impact customers.
United Natural Foods, a wholesale distributor that supplies
Whole Foods and other grocers, said earlier this month that a
breach of its systems was disrupting its ability to fulfill
orders — leaving many stores without certain items.
In the U.K., consumers could not order from the website of Marks
& Spencer for more than six weeks — and found fewer in-store
options after hackers targeted the British clothing, home goods
and food retailer. A cyberattack on Co-op, a U.K. grocery chain,
also led to empty shelves in some stores.
A security breach detected by Victoria’s Secret last month led
the popular lingerie seller to shut down its U.S. shopping site
for nearly four days, as well as to halt some in-store services.
Victoria’s Secret later disclosed that its corporate systems
also were affected, too, causing the company to delay the
release of its first quarter earnings.
The North Face said that it discovered a “small-scale credential
stuffing attack” on its website in April. The company reported
that no credit card data was compromised and said the incident,
which impacted 1,500 consumers, was “quickly contained.”
Adidas disclosed last month that an “unauthorized external
party” obtained some data, which was mostly contact information,
through a third-party customer service provider.
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