Hackers gained access to personal data on the majority of the 1.4 million customers of Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, the company confirmed Saturday.

On Friday, June 20, US District Judge Ada Brown granted preliminary approval to the terms of a proposed settlement from AT&T that would resolve two lawsuits related to the data breaches. The current settlement would see AT&T pay $177 million to customers adversely affected by at least one of the two data breaches.

Insurance company Allianz Life has confirmed that the personal information for the "majority" of its 1.4 million customers was exposed in a data breach that occurred earlier this month.

Data breaches in the U.S. reached 1,732 incidents in the first half of 2025 — 5% higher than the same period in 2024. Despite more breaches, the nu

In total, the data created a detailed financial and behavioral profile of both citizens, and organizations, in Sweden. Overall, it contained more than 100 million data records, generated between 2019 and 2024, and spread across 25 indices.

If you receive notice of a data breach by mail, follow the advice in the letter and take it seriously. You should be on the lookout for phishing attacks and regularly check your Experian, TransUnion and Equifax credit reports for unauthorized accounts opened in your name.

The Office of Data Protection (ODPA) has reported 129 data breaches in 2024, with the majority coming from emails sent to the wrong person. The statistics have been revealed in the authority's annual report for last year. Another breach related to a member of the public finding an unencrypted USB storage device, which contained personal data.

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