Migliaccio & Rathod LLP is involved in the New Era Life Insurance Companies (“New Era”) Data Breach Investigation that affected 335,000 individuals and their personal information.
On December 18, 2024, New Era (including Philadelphia American Life Insurance Company, New Era Life Insurance Company of the Midwest, and Life of America Insurance Company) discovered suspicious activity within its network. Subsequently, New Era conducted an investigation, which uncovered a cybercriminal had stolen files containing the personally identifiable information of its consumers between December 9, 2024, and December 18, 2024. The compromised information taken during the data breach includes the following sensitive data:
- full names
- Dates of Birth
- Social Security numbers
- insurance ID numbers
- claim information, including diagnosis or treatment information
New Era Data Breach
New Era Life Insurance Companies recently provided notice of the data breach. All of the information stolen is likely valuable and dangerous to affected victims. As is likely to be the case with the New Era data breach, in previous cyberattacks, victims of data theft have noticed identity theft attempts ranging from fraudulent charges on bank accounts or credit cards, to unauthorized credit card applications, to medical services or government services ordered in their name, to their information being posted on the dark web, to a massive uptick in the number of spam text messages, calls and emails received.
Are you concerned that you might be affected by the New Era Life Insurance Companies data breach?
If you have concerns that you have been affected by this data breach, and/or have experienced suspicious activity since December 9, 2024, we would like to hear from you. Please complete the contact form on this page, send us an email at [email protected], or give us a call at (202) 470-3520.
The lawyers at Migliaccio & Rathod LLP have years of experience in class action litigation against large corporations, including in cases involving data breaches such as this. More information about our current cases and investigations is available on our blog.