Prudential Financial hack exposes data of more than 2.5 million people
US insurer Prudential Financial suffered a personal data breach in a February 2024 intrusion. It initially notified that the names, addresses, ID numbers and other details of about 36,000 people had been stolen, but later revised the number affected to more than 2.5 million. The ALPHV/BlackCat group claimed responsibility for the attack.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Prudential Financial
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal information of more than 2.5 million people
- Cause / method
- External intrusion and ransomware attack
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- Prudential Financial notified that personal information of about 36,000 people was stolen in the February breach.
- Prudential Financial revised the number affected to about 2.5 million.
- The number affected by the data breach was confirmed at more than 2.5 million.
6 related reports
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- Millions Affected by Prudential Ransomware Hack in February
- Prudential Financial Files Notice of Data Breach Affecting an Unknown Number of Annuity Customers
The summary and key facts are written by AI from related reports and may contain errors. Check the original articles and the organisation’s official statements for accurate details.