Private Data of More Than 2.5 Million Prudential Customers Compromised in Breach

Published on July 3, 2024

Financial services company Prudential Financial recently updated the number of customers impacted in a hacking attempt earlier this year from 36,000 to more than 2.5 million. Prudential had revealed the data breach in a Feb. 12 filing with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). The hack took place on Feb. 5 and the company said it received assistance from external cybersecurity experts and “immediately activated our cybersecurity incident response process to investigate, contain, and remediate the incident.” In March, the company revealed in a filing with the Maine Attorney General that more than 36,000 customers were affected by the breach. Prudential recently updated the info on the victim count, revealing that more than 2.55 million customers were affected by the incident....

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