Recent cyberattacks against major global financial services provider Prudential Financial and major U.S. retail mortgage lender loanDepot have been claimed by the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware operation, reports BleepingComputer.
Even though proof of the alleged compromise of both organizations is yet to be published, ALPHV/BlackCat disclosed that it intends to offer stolen Prudential Financial data for free while selling data exfiltrated from loanDepot. Prudential Financial, which is the U.S.'s second-largest life insurance provider, reported having its employee and contractor data compromised following a cyberattack earlier this month while loanDepot announced having at least 16.6 million individuals' data exfiltrated in early January. Such claims by ALPHV/BlackCat, which has recovered its data leak site after being seized by the FBI in December, follow the U.S. State Department's introduction of a bounty program providing up to $15 million in cumulative rewards for any information regarding the identities and whereabouts of the ransomware gang's leaders, as well as their affiliates.
Even though proof of the alleged compromise of both organizations is yet to be published, ALPHV/BlackCat disclosed that it intends to offer stolen Prudential Financial data for free while selling data exfiltrated from loanDepot. Prudential Financial, which is the U.S.'s second-largest life insurance provider, reported having its employee and contractor data compromised following a cyberattack earlier this month while loanDepot announced having at least 16.6 million individuals' data exfiltrated in early January. Such claims by ALPHV/BlackCat, which has recovered its data leak site after being seized by the FBI in December, follow the U.S. State Department's introduction of a bounty program providing up to $15 million in cumulative rewards for any information regarding the identities and whereabouts of the ransomware gang's leaders, as well as their affiliates.
