Approximately 68,000 Texans and more than 800,000 people nationwide could be affected by a data breach at the Brownwood-based insurance servicer, according to filings with the Texas and Maine attorneys general’s offices. There is sex.
Landmark Admin announced the breach on October 23, and those affected have been notified, according to the filing. Information that may be collected includes name, address, date of birth, social security number/tax ID number, driver’s license number/government ID number, financial information such as credit card number, medical and health insurance Contains information.
Landmark provides third-party administration services to life insurance and pension companies, including Dallas-based Liberty Bankers Insurance Group. Liberty Bankers Insurance Group includes American Monumental Life Insurance Company, Pellerin Life Insurance Company, American Benefit Life Insurance Company, Liberty Bankers Life Insurance Company, Continental Mutual Insurance Company, and Capitol Life Insurance Company. Masu.
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In a copy of the notice sent to affected people filed with the Maine Attorney General’s Office, Landmark said that producers, policyholders and insureds of insurance policies once administered by Landmark If Liberty Bankers Insurance Group has received personal information from an individual who was a person, payee, or payer, or continues to control.
According to Maine filings, the breach occurred through a hack and occurred on May 13 after Landmark detected unusual activity within its systems and immediately severed remote access to affected systems and networks. was discovered on the day.
Landmark hired a third-party cybersecurity firm to secure the breach and conduct a forensic investigation. During the June 17 investigation, the “fraudsters” regained access to Landmark’s systems. As a result of the investigation, it was confirmed that data had been collected, but it was not possible to confirm which files were specifically collected. To that end, Landmark regularly notifies “all individuals whose personal information may have been on its systems at the time of the incident” as soon as it is discovered, with the first wave of notifications sent on October 23rd. It was done. twenty four.
According to the filing, Landmark has taken steps to protect its systems in response to data breaches, including 12 months of credit and cyberscan monitoring, a $1 million insurance reimbursement policy, and identity theft recovery services.
The Federal Trade Commission advises those affected by data beaches to take advantage of identity theft services if available, in addition to taking precautions themselves. These steps include ordering a free credit report to check for unrecognized accounts and credit freezes with fraud alerts to limit malicious actors from opening new accounts in your name. Contains settings. For more information on how to recover from a data breach, visit identitytheft.gov/databreach.
Landmark management declined to comment at this time.
This story has been updated with a response from Landmark administrators.
