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Anthony Spadafora

22.6 million hit in massive Aflac data breach with IDs, SSNs, healthcare info and more exposed — what to do now

Aflac logo on phone sitting on a desk next to pen and keyboard .

Having your sensitive data stolen in a cyberattack is bad enough, but imagine waiting six months just to find out about it. Well, that’s exactly what happened with a major data breach at the insurance giant Aflac.

As reported by Cybernews, after suffering a data breach back in June of this year, Aflac is now notifying 22.65 million individuals about the breach after completing its investigation into the matter. The incident occurred on June 12 when the Scattered Spider ransomware group managed to breach the company’s systems.

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