Aflac cyber intrusion exposes personal data of about 22.7 million people
US insurer Aflac detected a cyber intrusion on 12 June 2025, and personal data as well as health and insurance-related information of customers, beneficiaries, employees and agents was stolen. The total number affected was later confirmed at about 22.7 million, of whom at least 13.9 million had protected health information compromised. The company said it had not been affected by ransomware and proceeded with notifying victims.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Aflac
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- 2025-06-12
- Scale of damage
- Personal, health and insurance-related information of about 22.7 million people
- Cause / method
- External cyber intrusion
- Location
- United States
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Exposed dataHealth & medical data
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Timeline
- Aflac detected a cyber intrusion.
- Aflac disclosed that personal data may have been stolen and said it had not been affected by ransomware.
- A federal court consolidated class action lawsuits over the Aflac data breach.
- Aflac disclosed that about 22.7 million people's information was affected by the incident.
- Aflac notified about 22.7 million people that their information had been stolen.
- It came to light that protected health information of at least 13.9 million people had been compromised.
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Aflac discloses breach affecting millions after subsidiary hack
Impact: Information of millions of people
Insurer Aflac disclosed a data breach following a hack of its subsidiary. The breach was reported to have affected millions of people. The specific date of the incident and any further response have not been confirmed.
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