1.1M insurance customers were exposed in a data breach - here's what to know

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ZDNET's cardinal takeaways

• Farmers Insurance suffered a large information breach.
• More than 1 cardinal customers were affected.
• Affected customers are receiving escaped recognition monitoring.

If you're a Farmers Insurance customer, you're going to privation to wage attraction -- and astir apt support an oculus connected each of your important accounts.

According to a announcement connected the Farmers website, about 1.1 cardinal customers had delicate information revealed successful a caller information breach. Compromised accusation includes customers' names, addresses, dates of birth, driver's licence numbers, and/or past 4 digits of their Social Security numbers.

While Farmers didn't explicate the nonstop details, it said that the incidental came from a compromised third-party database. It didn't sanction the 3rd party. 

Farmers did not instantly respond to a petition for comment. 

The incidental happened connected May 29, and the institution discovered it the adjacent day, but customers are conscionable present uncovering out.

What should affected customers do

If you were a portion of this breach, you should person received a written announcement this week oregon past with details connected the incident. But if you've changed addresses since (or conscionable don't cheque your carnal message that often), you could person missed that message. 

Farmers said it isn't alert that idiosyncratic accusation was misused, but it's inactive encouraging customers to enactment vigilant by taking a adjacent look astatine their relationship statements and recognition reports. To help, it's providing escaped entree to Cyberscout Single Bureau Credit Monitoring work for 24 months. The written connection contained accusation astir however to assertion this monitoring. You tin get much accusation oregon cheque your eligibility for escaped identity-monitoring services by calling 1-833-426-6809.

It's besides not a atrocious thought to cheque your recognition study with each 3 large agencies oregon adjacent freeze your credit, adjacent if you weren't affected by this circumstantial breach. 

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