Pets & Owners’ PII Exposed in Pet Insurance Provider in Data Breach

A data breach involving Rainwalk, a South Carolina–based pet insurance provider was discovered and reported to Website Planet by cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler.

What happened:
A database containing 85,361 files totaling 158 GB was left unsecured. The leaked data included customer names, phone numbers, email and physical addresses, email files, claims files, veterinary bills, and more.

Why it matters:
This type of exposure poses serious risks, such as spear-phishing and social engineering attempts targeting insurance customers using real claims or account data and more.

Read the full report here: https://www.websiteplanet.com/news/rainwalk-pet-insurance-breach-report/

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