Builders Mutual Insurance Company hit in data breach
Builders Mutual disclosed the hack affected 64,761 individuals, per a filing with the state of Maine.
Builders Mutual Insurance Company has discovered that an unauthorized party was able to access the company’s computer network. Builders Mutual said in a filing with the Maine Attorney General that in this incident bad actors had been able to access sensitive information belonging to claimants and current and former employees including their names, Social Security numbers, medical information, health insurance information and workers’ compensation information. The company said that the attack occurred in December 2022, but it had not determined exactly whose data had been impacted until August 2023 and it sent out data breach notification letters to those affected on September 29, 2023.
https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/builders-mutual-data-breach/695697/
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