- Allianz Life confirms to lose sensitive data about the “majority” of its customers
- About 1.4 million people could be in danger it admits
- Shinyhunters are the most important suspect at the moment
Insurance giant Allianz Life has confirmed to suffer a cyberattack where it saw the losing sensitive data on the “majority” of its customers, with over a million people at risk.
The North American Insurance Giant said the attack happened on July 16, 2025, when a threat actor gained access to a third party, cloud-based CRM system used by the company.
After finding out the penetration, the company took action to contain it and notified the FBI. So far, there is no evidence that the company’s network or other systems were accessed, it was added.
Shinyhunter’s strikes again?
“The threat actor was able to get personally identifiable data related to the majority of Allianz Life’s customers, financial professionals and choose Allianz Life employees using a social engineering technique,” a spokesman for the company explained.
“Our study is underway and we began the process of reaching out to individuals who are affected by dedicated resources to help them. This incident is only related to Allianz Life, who currently has 1.4 million customers.”
While Allianz Life did not discuss the identity and motive of the striker, Bleeping computer Claims that this was the work of Shinyhunters, a well -known threat actor with several successful violations under his belt.
The group has been around since approx. 2020, and during that time, a number of high -profile organizations, including Microsoft, Microsoft, Microsoft and Nitro PDF. It even claims to have violated AT&T even though Telco refused the violation ever happened.
Allianz Life (abbreviation for Allianz Life Insurance Company in North America) delivers life insurance and annuities throughout the United States.
It manages a portfolio that exceeds $ 124 billion, primarily invested in high quality securities and has approx. 1.4 million customers.
How to remain safe
In particular, the attack is that such items could contain more than enough of sensitive information to hackers to launch very personalized, successful phishing campaigns, leading to identity theft, thread fraud and even ransomware attacks.
If you are worried, you may have been caught in the incident, don’t worry – there are a number of methods to find out. Do i have? is probably the best resource only to check if your details have been affected, offering a wear and tear of any major cyber event in the last few years.
And if you save passwords to a Google account, you can use Google’s password tool to see if anyone has been compromised, or sign up for one of the best password administrator settings we’ve rounded off to make sure your login is protected.
