"The Texas Medical Liability Trust (TMLT) has reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General on behalf of itself and its affiliates, Texas Medical Insurance Company, Physicians Insurance Company, and Lone Star Alliance, Inc., a Risk Retention Group that has affected 59,901 individuals.
Suspicious activity was detected within its IT environment on October 12, 2022. Steps were taken to secure its systems and third-party forensics specialists were engaged to investigate. They determined that an unauthorized actor had access to its environment between October 2, 2022, and October 13, 2022, and during that time, files containing protected health information may have been accessed that included names, Social Security numbers, EIN/Tax Identification numbers, state identification/driver’s license information, and financial account information. It took until August 18, 2023, to complete the review of the affected files.
Complimentary credit monitoring services have been offered to the affected individuals and a review of policies, procedures, and processes related to the storage and access of sensitive information has been conducted."
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"The Texas Medical Liability Trust (TMLT) has reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General on behalf of itself and its affiliates, Texas Medical Insurance Company, Physicians Insurance Company, and Lone Star Alliance, Inc., a Risk Retention Group that has affected 59,901 individuals.
Suspicious activity was detected within its IT environment on October 12, 2022. Steps were taken to secure its systems and third-party forensics specialists were engaged to investigate. They determined that an unauthorized actor had access to its environment between October 2, 2022, and October 13, 2022, and during that time, files containing protected health information may have been accessed that included names, Social Security numbers, EIN/Tax Identification numbers, state identification/driver’s license information, and financial account information. It took until August 18, 2023, to complete the review of the affected files.
Complimentary credit monitoring services have been offered to the affected individuals and a review of policies, procedures, and processes related to the storage and access of sensitive information has been conducted."