American Family Insurance…has suffered a cyberattack.

Insurance giant American Family Insurance has admitted that it experienced a cyberattack last week that has disrupted some of its systems. The company said that it detected an intrusion and shut down systems for safety. Customers have reported being unable to pay bills or file claims online. They are instead directed to contact American Family Insurance via phone instead. The incident is under investigation.

https://www.scmagazine.com/brief/cyberattack-related-outages-reported-by-american-family-insurance

Companies like this often hold large quantities of valuable data making them attractive targets.

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