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More than 90,000 Iowa residents hit by data breach

December 4, 2012 | Modified: December 4, 2012 at 4:31 pm
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa officials say more than 90,000 residents in the state have been affected by a nationwide insurance breach that's impacted more than a million people.

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller announced the data breach's effect on the state Tuesday.

The breach has affected customers for Nationwide Insurance and Allied Insurance. Ohio-based Nationwide Insurance posted on its website about the Oct. 3 intrusion, which explains personal data was compromised from both policy holders and non-policy holders. The company says it is not aware of any misuse of the information.

Miller says Iowa residents may have been affected by the breach if they were seeking a competitive insurance quote through a company or third party agent that ran information through Nationwide.