A trio of companies disclosed data breaches this week affecting approximately 3.7 million customers and employees across North America.

Insurance biz Allianz Life confirmed the largest incident. It previously revealed data belonging to approximately 1.4 million customers was hit during a break-in at an unnamed third-party CRM provider.

It has now told the Maine Attorney General's Office that 1,497,036 people, to be exact, may have had their names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers plundered.

The attackers accessed the data of the insurer's customers, staff, and financial professionals, it said in the letter sent to those affected.

Allianz is joined by Canadian airline WestJet, which on Monday confirmed similar findings after its investigation into a June attack all

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