TRISTAR Insurance Group reports data breach impacting customers
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TRISTAR Insurance Group, has reported a data breach, discovered after TRISTAR observed unauthorized access to its email system, exposing sensitive customer data including names and Social Security numbers. TRISTAR Insurance Group is a third-party insurance claims administrator based in Long Beach, California.
The breach was detected via suspicious network activity on November 10, 2022. Subsequent investigations, aided by cybersecurity experts, revealed that the unauthorized access commenced on November 4, 2022, with the intruders gaining entry to TRISTAR's network on November 9, 2022, and subsequently extracting confidential information.
The exact cause of the TRISTAR Insurance data breach has not been disclosed. Also, no details are available about the number of affected individuals.
It's unclear why TRISTAR has waited for more than a year to disclose the attack to the public.
Following the discovery, TRISTAR began notifying affected individuals through letters detailing the breach and the specific types of compromised information, which primarily include personal names and Social Security numbers.
