More than 2.5 million people potentially had information leaked during a February breach of insurance giant Prudential, according to updated documents filed with regulators.
In March, Prudential said the names, addresses, driver's license numbers or ID cards of 36,545 were exfiltrated when hackers gained access to the company's network on February 4, 2024.
The company revised that figure last Friday in new data breach filings in Maine, telling regulators that 2,556,210 had data stolen.
A spokesperson for Prudential stressed to Recorded Future News that not every victim had the same information leaked during the attack.
The incident relates back to a cyberattack claimed by a now-defunct ransomware gang.
Prudential Insurance reported an even larger data breach last year connected to another ransomware gang's exploitation of a popular file sharing tool.
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This Cyber News was published on therecord.media. Publication date: Mon, 01 Jul 2024 20:05:27 +0000