81K people's sensitive info feared stolen from Hilb after email inboxes ransacked

2023-11-03 20:26

Hilb Group has warned more than 81,000 people that around the start of 2023 criminals broke into the work email accounts of its employees and may have stolen a bunch of sensitive personal information.

In a notification to the Maine Attorney General's office on Thursday, the biz said miscreants accessed people's first and last names and sensitive financial data and credentials.

Hilb says it discovered "Suspicious activity" related to employee email accounts around January 10.

Then on October 9, Hilb says, it began sending out letters to 81,539 folks notifying them that their personal and financial data was potentially stolen.

Hilb said upon discovering the intrusion it "Immediately" secured the compromised email accounts, began a thorough investigation, and "Implemented additional technical safeguards to enhance the security of information in our possession and to prevent similar incidents from happening in the future." So that's all right then.

The Register will update this story if and when Hilb responds.

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