Globe Life hackers demand money for not publishing data
Threat actors are attempting to blackmail major US insurance provider Globe Life into handing over money to prevent data stolen in a cyberattack earlier this year from being published.
On June 13, Globe Life said that during an audit of potential permissions and identity management vulnerabilities on its network, it discovered that threat actors had breached its systems.
While the company disclosed to its customers that consumer and policyholder data may have been compromised as a result of the incident, its systems faced very little impact.
Now, Globe Life has revealed that threat actors have initiated communications with the intention of extorting the insurer as payment for not publishing the data it stole.
“Globe Life Inc recently received communications from an unknown threat actor seeking to extort the company in exchange for not disclosing certain information held and used by the company and its independent agents,” says an SEC document released Thursday ( October 17).
Globe Life emphasized that the incident was not a ransomware attack, as no ransomware was used in the incident and no data encryption was performed.
The company also revealed that the threat actors posted samples of the allegedly stolen data, which appear to belong to one of its subsidiaries, American Income Life Insurance.
“Based on the company’s investigation to date, which remains ongoing, the company believes that the information transmitted to the company by the threat actor may be related to certain customer and customer leads that can be traced back to the subsidiary. of the company, American Income Life Insurance Company. said.
Globe Life added that at least 5,000 American Income Life Insurance customers had been affected by the incident, with data potentially stolen, including full names, phone numbers, email addresses, policy information, postal addresses, insurance-related information. health and Social Security numbers.
At this time, Globe Life does not believe that the incident will have a material impact on its operations or financial condition.
