Aflac Life: a contractor's video delivery server was accessed without authorization and data of 1,323,468 cancer insurance holders leaked

1. 2023-01-07

   There may have been unauthorized access to the server used by the contractor from this day on. [1]

2. 2023-01-09

   It learned that customer data was posted on a data leak site and confirmed it. The data was part of the personal data it had given to the contractor. [1] [2]

3. 2023-01-10

   It confirmed that the contractor where the data came from had deleted the data it supplied from the server. It announced the case and reported to the Financial Services Agency and others. [1] [3]

The surname only, age, sex, policy number, insurance type number, coverage amount and premium of 1,323,468 holders of the "Shin Cancer Insurance", "Super Cancer Insurance" and "Super Cancer Insurance V Type" (3,158,199 data records in total) leaked. The company judges that these items alone cannot identify a person and that the chance of misuse is very low. [1] [2]