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New York fines Geico $9.8 million over data breach

2024.11.25 10:26

(Reuters) – The New York Attorney General’s office fined car insurance company Geico $9.75 million on Monday for hacks that obtained personal information on 116,000 drivers in the state.

The attorney general and state Department of Financial Services said Geico and Travelers (NYSE:) Indemnity Company violated state data protection rules by failing to implement policies that would protect customers’ information.

Both companies were hacked during the COVID-19 pandemic, amid a wave of cyberattacks seeking information such as drivers license numbers for use in fraudulent unemployment claims, the agencies said.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People pose with 'gecko' from GEICO in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. May 5, 2023. REUTERS/Rachel Mummey/File Photo

Travelers will pay $1.55 million for a breach that exposed information on around 4,000 people, the agencies said.

The two companies agreed to take measures to improve their cybersecurity practices.



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