Insurance giant says most US customer data stolen in cyber-attack

Pirates have stolen personal information on a majority of the Allianz Life insurance company 1.4 million customers in North America, said his parent company.

“On July 16, 2025, a malicious threat player had access to a CRM system based on a third party based on the cloud used by Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America (Allianz Life),” Allianz said in a BBC statement.

The German parent company added that the pirates were “able to obtain personally identifiable data linked to the majority of Allianz Life’s customers, finance professionals and Employees in the life of Allianz, using a social engineering technique”.

The data violation was only linked to Allianz Life, according to the company.

The insurance giant revealed the violation of data in a legal file to the Attorney General in the US State of Maine.

He did not specify how many people had been affected.

In the press release, the insurance company said it had taken “immediate measures” to contain the violation and informed the FBI.

He said there was “no evidence that the Allianz life network or other business systems had been accessible, including our policy of policy administration”.

ALLIANZ – which has more than 125 million customers worldwide – added that it was contacting and helping people affected by data violation.

A social engineering cyber attack is when hackers put pressure on or encourage users to give sensitive information, as by usurping the identity of a business or trust.