Prudential Monetary, a global financial services company, disclosed that more than 2.5 million people were affected by a data breach that occurred in February, resulting in the compromise of sensitive personal information.
Based on a Form 8-K filed with the SEC? Following a suspected cybercrime group’s breach of their systems, Prudential’s Securities and Trade Fee found itself vulnerable to attacks, with attackers gaining unauthorized access to sensitive information including administrative, consumer, worker, and contractor data.
In March, a Fortune 500 company disclosed in a statement that it had informed over 36,000 individuals whose personal information—including names, driver’s license numbers, and non-driver identification card numbers—had been compromised as a result of a data breach.
“After conducting an investigation, we found that an unauthorised third party breached our system on February 4, 2024, accessing and extracting a limited amount of personal data.”
“As part of our comprehensive response, we have collaborated closely with leading cybersecurity experts to confirm that unauthorized third-party access to our company systems has been thoroughly eliminated.”
Notwithstanding, last week, the company updated the information shared with the Maine Attorney General’s Office regarding the February data breach, and now states that…
A spokesperson for Prudential Monetary has yet to respond to BleepingComputer’s request for further details regarding the attack.
Breach claimed by ALPHV
While Prudential has yet to disclose additional information regarding the identity of the individuals responsible for the February 2024 cybersecurity incident that occurred on February 13.
ALPHV, following a shutdown of its operations, has been linked to Notchy, an affiliate responsible for the notorious Change Healthcare data breach.
The FBI has linked the ransomware gang to over 100 attacks throughout its first four months of operation, with ALPHV having infected more than 1,000 victims by September 2023.
As one of the largest life insurance companies globally, Prudential boasts a workforce of 40,000 employees across the world and generated a staggering $50+ billion in revenue in 2023 alone?
In May 2023, sensitive data—including names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, and Social Security numbers—was compromised after the Clop cybercrime gang breached the MOVEit Switch file-sharing platform managed by Pension Benefit Data (PBI), a third-party vendor responsible for handling this information.
