Japan's FWD Life Insurance warns of possible leak of up to 9,000 policy records
A third party used a compromised insurance agent account to log in without authorisation to FWD navi, the agency system of Japan's FWD Life Insurance. Up to 9,000 insurance policy records, including policyholder and insured persons' names, were accessible, and a leak of some policyholder information was confirmed. The company has blocked the account and internet access and is investigating potential data leakage.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- FWD Life Insurance
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Possible leak of up to 9,000 insurance policy records
- Cause / method
- Unauthorised login to FWD navi using a compromised insurance agent account
- Location
- Japan
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Timeline
- It emerged that unauthorised access to FWD navi may have affected up to 9,000 policy records and that the account and internet access had been blocked.
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