1,100,000 Americans Hit by Massive Data Breach As Email Addresses, Names, Dates of Birth and More Exposed

Hackers have compromised the systems of a US-based life insurer, triggering warnings to more than one million Americans.

A filing submitted to the Office of the Maine Attorney General on August 1st shows that Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America suffered a hacking incident on July 16th.

The initial filing says the security breach was discovered a day later on the 17th.

And according to a TechCrunch report, the company is providing  additional details on the incident.

“On July 16, 2025, a malicious threat actor gained access to a third-party, cloud-based CRM (customer relationship management) system used by Allianz Life. The threat actor was able to obtain personally identifiable data related to the majority of Allianz Life’s customers, financial professionals, and select Allianz Life employees, using a social engineering technique.”

The data breach warning protocol Have I Been Pwned says that 1.1 million people are affected by the cyber attack, resulting in the exposure of names, unique email addresses, genders, dates of birth, phone numbers and physical addresses.

And BleepingComputer says the stolen data trove contains 2.8 million records involving Allianz’s individual customers and business partners, including wealth management companies, brokers and financial advisors.

Other leaked details include tax identification numbers, licenses, firm affiliations, product approvals and marketing classifications.

Allianz says it notified customers about the data incident on August 1st while offering free 24 months of identity theft restoration and credit monitoring through Kroll.

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