Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2019-08-07 00:00:00
Affected organization: State Farm
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: US banking and insurance giant State Farm says it suffered a credential stuffing attack in July, during which "a bad actor" was able to confirm valid usernames and passwords for State Farm online accounts.