People search State Farm data breach timeline because the brand sits on billions of accounts, credentials, and cloud workloads. BreachHistory indexes 6 State Farm-linked incidents, with headline counts up to 687 in catalog rows. This page maps every attested event through 2026 with internal links to canonical records.
Why State Farm breach history matters
State Farm operates in Finance (United States). Across indexed rows, recurring themes include cloud and database misconfiguration, third-party and supply-chain exposure. Understanding the chronological pattern helps security teams, customers, and regulators separate confirmed disclosures from forum marketing.
Full timeline through 2026
2024 — — Customer data
Cataloged incident. Third-party. Customer data. Exposed categories include Names, emails, addresses, and other PII. No attested victim count is published for this row yet. See the state-farm2024 and canonical BreachHistory entry.
2016 — — State Farm: On January 21, 2016, State Farm opened an…
Cataloged incident. On January 21, 2016, State Farm opened an investigation related to employees of a State Farm independent contractor agent in Chino Hills, CA. The investigation determined there was misappropriation of customer payments that were either diverted or not correctly applied to customers' accounts.The information compromised included customer funds, misuse of some customer financial cards, and accessing and changing some customers' contact information. Some information was used to add additional insu Exposed categories include Personal information. No attested victim count is published for this row yet. See the state-farm2016 and canonical BreachHistory entry.
2013 — — State Farm: State Farm became aware of fraudulent charges on a…
Cataloged incident. State Farm became aware of fraudulent charges on a customer's credit card a few days after the card was used to pay for insurance policies. A former employee at an after-hours call center was found to have misused the credit card information of at least 11 customers. The dishonest employee had also worked with 687 other customers. Exposed categories include Personal information. BreachHistory cites approximately 687 affected records in this row. See the state-farm2013 and canonical BreachHistory entry.
2012 — — State Farm: On March 6, 2012, an investigation confirmed that…
Cataloged incident. On March 6, 2012, an investigation confirmed that an employee of an unnamed State Farm office may have used customer information in an inappropriate manner. An unknown number of customers may have had their names, addresses, credit card numbers, and Social Security numbers misused by the dishonest employee. Exposed categories include Personal information. No attested victim count is published for this row yet. See the state-farm2012 and canonical BreachHistory entry.
2010 — — State Farm: A dishonest Florida State Farm agent was caught…
Cataloged incident. A dishonest Florida State Farm agent was caught selling customer information to a third party. The former employee was terminated and arrested. The agent's buyer and purpose for wanting the information was not reported. Exposed categories include Personal information. No attested victim count is published for this row yet. See the state-farm2010 and canonical BreachHistory entry.
2008 — — State Farm: An employee of State Farm fraudulently used…
Cataloged incident. An employee of State Farm fraudulently used customer information to open credit-card accounts. Customers' Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, addresses and possibly financial account numbers could have been accessed. Exposed categories include Personal information. BreachHistory cites approximately 137 affected records in this row. See the state-farm2008 and canonical BreachHistory entry.
Patterns and analysis
- Cloud and database misconfiguration — appears across multiple State Farm catalog entries; prioritize controls that address this class of failure.
- Third-party and supply-chain exposure — appears across multiple State Farm catalog entries; prioritize controls that address this class of failure.
- Record-count hygiene — BreachHistory indexes actor-cited figures separately from company-confirmed totals; read each row's technicalWriteup before treating counts as fact.
- 2026 monitoring — New disclosures roll into this timeline as they are verified or labeled unverified per catalog policy.
What to do if you may be affected
- Step 1: Enable phishing-resistant MFA on every account tied to this brand.
- Step 2: Use unique passwords and a password manager—breach rows often involve credential reuse.
- Step 3: Monitor official company breach notices and regulator filings, not dark-web downloads.
- Step 4: Bookmark the State Farm company page for new 2026+ disclosures.
Canonical BreachHistory hub
Explore every indexed row: breachhistory.com/state-farm · Latest: state-farm2024.
Sources: BreachHistory catalog (6 rows for State Farm), company and regulator disclosures cited in individual breach records.