Best Of 2025: Scattered Spider Targets Aflac, Other Insurance Companies
Security Boulevard, December 11,2025
Fresh off a series of recent attacks targeting major retail companies in the United States and the UK, the notorious Scattered Spider cybercrime group is now targeting insurance companies, and earlier this month apparently bagged a high-profile victim in Aflac.
The intrusion in Aflac, which was detected June 12 when the insurance company's security team identified suspicious activity on its network in the United States, was stopped within hours and there was no ransomware found in its systems, the company said in a public statement and a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) eight days later.
'This attack, like many insurance companies are currently experiencing, was caused by a sophisticated cybercrime group,' the company said in its statement. 'This was part of a cybercrime campaign against the insurance industry.'