The Prudential Insurance Company of America

The California Office of the Attorney General reported that The Prudential Insurance Company of America experienced a data breach on December 13, 2012, affecting an unspecified number of individuals. A clerical error led to the inadvertent email of sensitive personal information, including names, addresses, birth dates, Social Security numbers, and salary information, to an individual within Unisys. The breach was reported on March 4, 2013.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-39061

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

"id": "pru751072825",
"linkid": "prudential-financial",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2012",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Insurance',
                        'name': 'The Prudential Insurance Company of America',
                        'type': 'Insurance Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Clerical Error',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information',
                                              'Sensitive Information']},
 'date_detected': '2012-12-13',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2013-03-04',
 'description': 'A clerical error led to the inadvertent email of sensitive '
                'personal information to an individual within Unisys.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Addresses',
                                 'Birth Dates',
                                 'Social Security Numbers',
                                 'Salary Information']},
 'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Clerical Error'},
 'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Prudential Insurance Company Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Human Error'}