Toll of Prudential Financial hack exceeds 2.5M

Major U.S. life insurance provider Prudential Financial had data from more than 2.556 million individuals compromised in an early February systems breach claimed by the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware operation, which has already shut down operations following the theft of ransom from an affiliate that targeted Change Healthcare, according to BleepingComputer.

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