Seriously? Allianz Life. *Again*.

Oh, joy. Another data breach. This time it’s Allianz Life Insurance getting their asses handed to them because they apparently think Salesforce is Fort Knox. Some clowns – the Scattered Spider crew, naturally, because who else would be this incompetent? – managed to snag a whole heap of customer data after hacking through their Salesforce instances. We’re talking names, addresses, Social Security numbers (because *of course*), and account details. Like anyone actually needs more reasons to hate dealing with insurance companies.

They’ve been leaking this shit online for weeks now, proving that multi-factor authentication is only as good as the morons who implement it. Allianz claims they’re working with law enforcement (they always do), and are “notifying” affected customers (read: sending out a bunch of useless emails after the damage is done). They’re offering credit monitoring, which is just a band-aid on a gaping wound.

The real kicker? This isn’t some sophisticated zero-day exploit. It’s basic phishing and brute-forcing. Basic! I swear, if I were running their security, I’d be less surprised when the coffee machine gets hacked than this. And don’t even get me started on the fact that Salesforce is a *target*. You put sensitive data in a cloud platform, you’re asking for trouble.

So yeah, Allianz Life got reamed. Expect more headaches if you’re one of their customers. And honestly? They deserve it.

Source: BleepingComputer – Because someone has to report this garbage

Related Anecdote (Because I Feel Like Venting)

I once had to babysit a legacy system that used punch cards. Punch cards, people! The security was phenomenal – because nobody knew how to *read* the damn things anymore. It’s almost nostalgic compared to this endless parade of cloud-based disasters. At least with punch cards you only risked losing papercuts.

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