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Prudential Financial

prudential.com
CONFIRMED

Prudential Financial filed Form 8-K Item 1.05 following an administrative system intrusion by the ALPHV / BlackCat ransomware group compromising employee and user data.

Observable Status CONFIRMED
Industry / Sector Financial Services
Incident Classification Administrative Cloud Intrusion
Attributed Threat Actor ALPHV / BlackCat
Affected Population 32,183 records
First Seen 2024-02-05
Last Updated 2024-03-29
Employee & Contractor Records Administrative Credentials Limited Customer Identification Data Employee Records Contractor Information Limited Customer PII
OPEN WEIGHTS TELEMETRY • DETERMINISTIC CONFIDENCE

Confidence & Source Corroboration

98% CONFIDENCE
1. Primary Authority CONFIRMED BY REGULATOR Base weight: 65%
2. Evidence Specificity +23% Statutory Filing Verified
3. Corroboration Curve +7% 2 independent domains
4. Timeline & Staleness +3% 3 milestones logged
Corroborated Source Domains:
prudential.com sec.gov
STATUTORY REGULATORY DISCLOSURES

Official Regulatory Filings & Legal Compliance Records

1 Verified Statutory Filing
Regulatory Ground Truth Standard: The disclosures below represent formal statutory filings and enforcement records submitted to government regulatory authorities (SEC, State Attorneys General, HHS OCR, CISA). In accordance with repository principles, this data is captured exactly as filed by the reporting entity and is never modified, overridden, or synthesized by AI models.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Form 8-K Item 1.05 (Material Cybersecurity Incidents)

CONFIRMED BY REGULATOR
Docket / Accession ID 0001137774-24-000012
Statutory Filing Date 2024-02-12
Disclosed Impact 32,183 records
Evidence Standard Regulatory Ground Truth
Statutory Filing Details & Summary (Preserved As Filed):

Item 1.05 Material Cybersecurity Incident disclosure filed by Prudential Financial, Inc. reporting cybercrime threat group accessing administrative systems and user credential data.

View Official Regulatory Filing Document https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1137774/000113777424000012/pru-20240212.htm

Technical Forensic Briefing

Incident Overview

Prudential Financial filed Form 8-K Item 1.05 following an administrative system intrusion by the ALPHV / BlackCat ransomware group compromising employee and user data.

Compromised Assets & Data Scope

  • Primary Data Classes: Employee & Contractor Records, Administrative Credentials, Limited Customer Identification Data.
  • Disclosed Affected Population: Approximately 32,183 individuals or records.

Statutory Disclosures & Compliance

  • Statutory filing submitted to SEC (Form 8-K (Item 1.05)) under accession 0001137774-24-000012.

Milestone Timeline (3 events logged)

2024-02-05 16:00 UTC
CONFIRMED BY TARGET

Threat actor breaches internal administrative network environments and exfiltrates corporate data files.

2024-02-13 18:30 UTC
CONFIRMED BY REGULATOR

Prudential files Form 8-K Item 1.05 disclosing unauthorized access to administrative and internal user directories.

2024-03-29 17:00 UTC
CONFIRMED BY REGULATOR

Form 8-K Item 1.05 amendment updates scope to confirm 32,183 individuals impacted by exfiltration.

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