Tens of 1000’s affected
Prudential Insurance coverage has introduced that hackers stole the data of greater than 36,000 folks in a February breach.
In a regulatory submitting in Maine, Prudential’s legislation agency, Debevoise & Plimpton, mentioned the insurer detected unauthorized entry to its community on Feb. 5, in keeping with a report by The Record.
“By the investigation, we realized that the unauthorized third occasion gained entry to our community on February 4, 2024, and eliminated a small share of non-public data from our system,” the submitting mentioned.
Based on Prudential, the names, addresses, and driver’s license or ID card numbers of 36,545 folks had been accessed. The corporate has notified legislation enforcement of the breach and employed an out of doors cybersecurity agency to help in its response.
Victims of the breach can be given two years of identification safety companies, The Document reported.
On Feb. 13, Prudential filed paperwork with the Securities and Alternate Fee stating {that a} cybercrime group had been in a position to entry “administrative and consumer information from sure data know-how programs” and “a small share” of consumer accounts related to staff and contractors.
On Feb. 16, ransomware gang AlphV claimed duty for the assault. The gang can be liable for a February assault towards mortgage lender loanDepot, The Document reported.
Regulation enforcement businesses within the US, the UK and the European Union coordinated a takedown of AlphV’s web site in December, however the ransomware group was rapidly in a position to set up a brand new platform, in keeping with The Document. The group was additionally allegedly tangentially concerned within the current Change Healthcare attack. That assault was carried out by a special ransomware group, and resulted within the fee of a $22 million ransom – which AlphV allegedly then stole from the opposite cybercrime group, The Document reported.
Final week, the State Division introduced a reward of as much as $10 million for details about the identification or location of AlphV members.
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