An employee working the Bupa managed to steal the data of 108,000 customers he set the data for sale on the dark web, the breach was identified by DataBreachers since samples of the stolen data were posted on the site of the vendor by the name of Mozeal.
The listing of the DataSet Included the number of customers’ insurance details, such as registration IDs, contact information, names and even birthdays.
The affected customers spanned 122 countries where the company held operations. The employee was immediately fired by the insurance company, and legal action has been initiated.
Although the health insurer had managed to discover the breach soon after the data was stolen from the system, it was unable to prevent the release of the stolen data on the dark web.
Sheldon Kenton, Managing director of Bupa stated that information of 108,000 has been stolen and MoZeal has also listed the insurance records around half-a-million to One-Million since the data breach was identified.
The breach has had an intense effect primarily on the international health insurance industry as a whole.International healthcare policies cover individuals who frequently travel overseas or cross borders for work.
The Company has taken necessary measures to ensure the integrity of the customer data Bupa has noticed each and every customer of this data breach and Still, Bupa believes the stolen information has been provided to outside parties and could have numerous potential threats for customers.
