National General, Allstate sued by NY for failing to protect personal information
( March 10, 2025, 18:59 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a lawsuit against National General and Allstate Insurance Company for failing to protect New Yorkers’ personal information from cyberattacks. The complaint alleges that following a breach, National General failed to notify impacted consumers and neglected to determine whether sensitive information was exposed elsewhere in its system, which allowed for a second, larger breach to occur months later. The AG claims the two breaches were a result of National General’s failure to implement reasonable data security measures, both before and after Allstate assumed control of its data security operations.Statement follows in full. Also see attached file. ...
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