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AssuranceAmerica – One Stolen Password, Seven Million Exposed
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A global breach that turned on the most ordinary failure there is — one stolen employee login. US auto insurer AssuranceAmerica has begun notifying almost seven million people that attackers used a single compromised staff credential to copy files containing names, policy details, driver's-licence numbers and — per state regulator filings — Social Security and tax ID numbers, in what's reportedly the largest exposure of American driver's-licence numbers this year. We walk the timeline from…
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