Overview

• Allianz Life reported to the Maine Attorney General that 1,497,036 customers, financial professionals, and select employees were impacted.
• Notification letters say exposed data includes names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers.
• The company says a malicious actor accessed a third-party cloud-based CRM on July 16 and there is no evidence its internal systems were reached.
• Affected individuals are being offered two years of free identity restoration and credit monitoring through Kroll, with a dedicated support line available.
• Media reports link the incident to Salesforce-targeting groups such as Scattered Spider and ShinyHunters, while Allianz has not confirmed attribution and customers have filed class-action lawsuits in federal court.