The American health insurance giant Aflac said it had suffered a cybersecurity breach that has potentially exposed customer information related to health, claims, social security numbers, and other personal details.
“We have engaged leading third-party cybersecurity experts to support our response to this incident,” Aflac said in a statement disclosing the breach, which occurred on June 12, 2025, and which it said was stopped “within hours”.
“While the investigation remains in its early stages, in the spirit of transparency and care for our customers, we are sharing that our preliminary findings indicate that the unauthorized party used social engineering tactics to gain access to our network.
“Additionally, we have commenced a review of potentially impacted files. It is important to note that the review is in its early stages, and we are unable to determine the total number of affected individuals until that review is completed.
“The potentially impacted files contain claims information, health information, social security numbers, and/or other personal information, related to customers, beneficiaries, employees, agents, and other individuals in our U.S. business.”
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