On October 6, 2022, Amerigroup Insurance Company reported a data breach with the Texas Attorney General’s Office. According to Amerigroup, the breach resulted in the names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and health insurance information belonging to certain individuals being compromised. However, because Amerigroup has yet to post notice of the incident on its website or otherwise elaborate on the breach, the cause of the data breach remains unknown. Recently, Amerigroup sent out data breach letters to all affected parties, informing them of the incident and what they can do to protect themselves from identity theft and other frauds.

The Amerigroup data breach is just the most recent in a surge of data security incidents that have compromised millions of Americans’ personal information. In fact, in 2021, the total number of data breaches reached an all-time high, claiming 68 percent from the previous year. As we noted in a previous piece, hackers are relying on more sophisticated methods of orchestrating these attacks, allowing them to specifically target the most valuable information that they can either use to commit identity theft or sell to other criminals on the dark web. The result is that data breach victims must remain vigilant in monitoring their credit reports and financial accounts after receiving a data breach letter such as the one recently sent out by Amerigroup Insurance Company.

What We Know About the Amerigroup Insurance Corp. Data Breach

The available information regarding the Amerigroup Insurance Corp. breach comes from the company’s filing with the Texas Attorney General. However, the company has not yet publicly posted the data breach letters it sent to victims of the breach, nor has it posted notice of the incident on its website. As a result, the available information about the breach is sparse.

However, according to the Texas AG’s “Data Security Breach Reports” page, the incident impacted the names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and health insurance information of affected individuals. Further, Amerigroup estimates that the recent data breach affected 1,189 people in Texas alone. Because the company operates throughout the country, it is very likely that the total number of U.S. victims is significantly higher.

On October 6, 2022, Amerigroup Insurance Corp. sent out data breach letters to all individuals whose information was compromised as a result of the recent data security incident.

Founded in 1994 as AMERICAID, Amerigroup Insurance Company is one of the largest insurance companies in the United States and the largest provider of healthcare for public programs. Based in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Amerigroup provides insurance coverage for seniors, people with disabilities, low-income families, government employees, and others through Medicare, Medicaid, and various other state and federal insurance programs. Amerigroup Insurance Corp. employs more than 13,728 people and generates approximately $4 billion in annual revenue.