Last Friday, Prudential Financial began informing over 36,000 people of a data incident that occurred in early February 2024.
The breach, first disclosed in a regulatory filing with the SEC in February, occurred on February 4 and was purportedly discovered the next day.
Prudential reported at the time that the attackers had gained access to systems including business administrative and user data, as well as employee and contractor accounts.
A week later, the ransomware gang Alphv/BlackCat claimed credit for the attack and added Prudential to their Tor-based leak site. This organisation was also responsible for a large outage in the US health system last month, hitting Change Healthcare systems and services.
As per a March 29 complaint with the Maine Attorney General’s Office, Prudential has verified that the hackers have gained access to the personal data of 36,545 people.
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