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Aug. 1, 2019Lincoln, NE |  By: AP

Personal information exposed in data breach of Ameritas

Insurance and finance company Ameritas has notified
customers that their personal information may have been exposed in a data
breach.

The Lincoln Journal Star reports the Lincoln-based company said in a
letter dated July 23 that several of its employees fell victim to phishing scams
in May and early June that tricked them into providing their email credentials.
The company says it has taken action to address the exposure, including
disabling the unauthorized access and deploying a mandatory company-wide
password reset.

Information that may have been exposed includes names, home and email
addresses, Social Security numbers and policy numbers.

An Ameritas spokeswoman says the company is not publicly disclosing how many
people have been affected until final notification of regulatory authorities.
The company has hired Kroll Associates, a risk-consulting firm, to investigate
the incident. Ameritas also is providing identity and credit-monitoring services
free for one year to affected customers.