Car Insurance Companies to Pay $14.2M over Data Breaches - Long Island Life & Politics

Car Insurance Companies to Pay $14.2M over Data Breaches - Long Island Life & Politics

By Hank Russell Eight car insurance companies were ordered to pay a collective $14.2 million over data breaches of the online quote sites, where customers’ driver’s licenses and personal information were stolen. According to Attorney [...] The post Car Insurance Companies to Pay $14.2M over Data Breaches appeared first on Long Island Life & Politics.

NY Attorney General Secures $14.2 Million From Eight Insurers Over Data Breaches - CollisionWeek

Hackers exploited quote tool vulnerabilities to steal driver’s license numbers, used some data for fraudulent unemployment claims New York State Attorney General Letitia James has secured $14.2 million from eight auto insurance companies for failing to protect the personal information of more than 825,000 state residents whose data was stolen by hackers and in some …

New York secures $14 million in fines from 8 car insurance companies after data breaches

Car insurance price-quote tools that auto-populated with people's sensitive data allowed cybercriminals to commit fraud elsewhere, New York's state government said in announcing fines against several companies.