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Student health insurance carrier Guard.me suffers a data breach

Posted on May 18, 2021 by Dissent

Lawrence Abrams reports:

Student health insurance carrier guard.me has taken their website offline after a vulnerability allowed a threat actor to access policyholders’ personal information.

guard.me is one of the world’s largest insurance carriers specializing in providing health insurance to students while traveling or studying abroad in another country.

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