July 1, 2024 at 05:24PM
Prudential Financial disclosed a data breach compromising the personal information of over 2.5 million people. The breach, attributed to the ALPHV/Blackcat ransomware gang, was detected on February 5, 2024. In an updated report to the Maine Attorney General’s Office, the company confirmed that the breach impacted 2,556,210 individuals. The investigation is ongoing.
From the meeting notes:
– Prudential Financial suffered a data breach in February 2024, with over 2.5 million people having their personal information compromised.
– The company detected the breach on February 5, 2024, one day after the attackers (suspected to be a cybercrime group) breached its systems and accessed administrative/user data and employee/contractor accounts.
– Over 36,000 individuals were notified that their personal information, including names, driver’s license numbers, and non-driver identification card numbers, was stolen during the breach.
– Prudential confirmed that the unauthorized third party accessed their network on February 4, 2024, and removed a small percentage of personal information from their systems. They have since worked with cybersecurity experts to ensure the party no longer has access.
– The company updated the information shared with the Maine Attorney General’s Office and now states that 2,556,210 people were impacted.
– The ALPHV/Blackcat ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the breach on February 13.
Additionally, in May 2023, the personal information of 320,000 Prudential customers was exposed after the Clop cybercrime gang hacked into the MOVEit Transfer file-sharing platform of Pension Benefit Information (PBI), a third-party vendor handling the data.
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