Globe Life Data Breach Investigation
The Lyon Firm is reviewing Globe Life data breach claims for plaintiffs nationwide after an alleged cyberattack recently caught the company IT network off-guard. Contact our data breach lawyers if you have been contacted by Globe or another company regarding a data theft incident. We represent clients nationwide and offer free case reviews.
GLOBE LIFE DATA BREACH UPDATE:
Globe has now begun notifying as many as 850,000 individuals of an apparent data breach that might have involved a wide range of personal, health, and insurance information.
Following the 2024 ransomware attack, the threat actor attempted to extort the company, demanding a ransom payment to not publish the compromised data.
The insurer initially said only around 5,000 people might have been affected, and that no credit card data, banking information, and other financial information was compromised. However, the company has now decided more prudent to notify 850,000 additional individuals of the data security incident, noting in an SEC filing that the company “has not been able to confirm if the threat actor acquired these additional individuals’ data”.
The threat actor may have been able to access a wide spread of sensitive information including:
- Full names
- Email addresses
- Phone numbers
- Postal Addresses
- Dates of Birth
- Social Security Numbers
- Health data
- Insurance policy information
What Happened at Globe?
In mid 2024, Globe Life said it started an initial investigation into “potential vulnerabilities related to access permissions and user identity management for a Company web portal.” Such “vulnerabilities” may have granted unauthorized access to consumer and policyholder information. It is not clear at the moment exactly what type of data may have been compromised.
The insurance company noted that it hired outside cybersecurity experts to help with the investigation. We do not know if Globe Life was targeted in a ransomware attack, though such data security incidents are not uncommon and many insurance companies have been targeted by hackers in recent years.
On June 14, 2024, Globe Life filed a notice with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) after apparently experiencing a cybersecurity incident. An investigation is ongoing, and if data was in fact leaked, the company will begin to send out data breach notification letters to all individuals whose information was impacted.
If you receive a data breach notification from Globe or another company, it is important to know what risks are involved. Contact our firm to learn more about how to protect yourself and to discuss your legal options. It is important to note that no data breach has been confirmed, and there are several unknowns at this juncture.
Operating out of McKinney, Texas, Globe Life Inc. is an insurance company providing life insurance policies, annuities, and supplemental health insurance policies. Company subsidiaries include the Liberty National Division, Accident Insurance Company, United American Insurance Company, American Income Life Insurance Company, and the Family Heritage Division.