Farmers Insurance says 1 million customers affected by cyberattack on thirdparty vendor The Record from Recorded Future News

pppLeadershipppCybercrimeppNationstatepp Influence Operations ppTechnologyppCyber DailyppClick Here Podcastpp Free Newsletterpp More than one million customers of Farmers Insurance and its subsidiaries were impacted by a cyberattack on a thirdparty vendor pp Farmers Insurance Farmers Insurance Exchange and several other affiliated companies filed breach notification documents in Maine California and Massachusetts on Friday while also providing notice on the company website  pp The company which is itself a subsidiary of Zurich Insurance Group said it was informed by a thirdparty vendor on May 30 that hackers accessed a database containing Farmers customer information  pp The database contained names dates of birth drivers license numbers and the last four digits of peoples Social Security numbers The insurance company said 1071172 people were affected  pp According to Farmers the vendor had monitoring tools that allowed them to detect the incident and contain the cyberattack Farmers concluded its investigation last month and determined that customer personal information was stolen  pp Victims are being offered two years of identity theft protection services  pp Farmers Insurance did not respond to requests for comment about which vendor was attacked The company reported 22 billion in profits in 2024  pp The data theft took place amidst a spate of cyberattacks targeting the insurance industry In May and June insurance companies Aflac Erie Insurance Philadelphia Insurance Companies and others reported cyber incidents  pp Last month Allianz Life said it also suffered a data breach and later told a news outlet that a majority of its 14 million customers had data stolen  pp Several incident response firms including Googleowned cybersecurity company Mandiant attributed some of the insurance industry attacks to the Scattered Spider cybercriminal organization ppJonathan Greigppis a Breaking News Reporter at Recorded Future News Jonathan has worked across the globe as a journalist since 2014 Before moving back to New York City he worked for news outlets in South Africa Jordan and Cambodia He previously covered cybersecurity at ZDNet and TechRepublicppPrivacyppAboutppContact Uspp Copyright 2025 The Record from Recorded Future Newsp