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Pacific Guardian Life Insurance reports data breach, impacting 160k


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Pacific Guardian Life Insurance Company (PGL), based in Honolulu, Hawaii, reports a data breach after an unauthorized entity had infiltrated its email system.

The investigation concluded that the breach occurred on August 25, 2023 and lasted until September 5, 2023, leading to the unauthorized access and theft of confidential consumer data. Information of 167,103 people has been accessed in this breach

The breach resulted in the potential exposure of sensitive personal information belonging to consumers, including:

  • names,
  • Social Security numbers,
  • financial account details.

PGL has started issuing data breach notification letters to all impacted parties, detailing the nature of the compromised information.

Pacific Guardian Life Insurance reports data breach, impacting 160k