The Prudential Insurance Company of America

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving The Prudential Insurance Company of America on March 27, 2018. The breach occurred on November 9, 2017, when an electronic file containing personal information was inadvertently sent to an unauthorized corporate client, potentially exposing names, addresses, Social Security numbers, account numbers, and financial information of affected individuals.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-134811

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/prudential-financial

"id": "pru305072625",
"linkid": "prudential-financial",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2017",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Insurance',
                        'name': 'The Prudential Insurance Company of America',
                        'type': 'Insurance Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Inadvertent Disclosure',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'addresses',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'account numbers',
                                              'financial information']},
 'date_detected': '2017-11-09',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2018-03-27',
 'description': 'An electronic file containing personal information was '
                'inadvertently sent to an unauthorized corporate client, '
                'potentially exposing names, addresses, Social Security '
                'numbers, account numbers, and financial information of '
                'affected individuals.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'addresses',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'account numbers',
                                 'financial information']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2018-03-27',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at The Prudential Insurance Company of America',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}