Security News > 2024 > July > Prudential Financial now says 2.5 million impacted by data breach

Prudential Financial, a global financial services company, has revealed that over 2.5 million people had their personal information compromised in a February data breach.

According to an 8-K form filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Prudential detected the incident on February 5, one day after the attackers breached its systems and accessed administrative/user data and employee/contractor accounts.

Last week, the company updated the information shared with the Maine Attorney General's Office regarding the February data breach and now says that the incident impacted 2,556,210 people.

While Prudential has yet to share additional information regarding the threat actors behind the February 2024 data breach, the ALPHV/Blackcat ransomware gang claimed the attack on February 13.

In May 2023, the personal information of an additional 320,000 Prudential customers-including names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, and Social Security numbers-was also exposed after the Clop cybercrime gang hacked into the MOVEit Transfer file-sharing platform of Pension Benefit Information, a third-party vendor handling the data.

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