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2016 — State Farm: On January 21, 2016, State Farm opened an…

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Data compromised

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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

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