Prudential Financial class action lawsuit overview:
- Who: Plaintiff Constance Boyd filed a class action lawsuit against Prudential Financial Inc.
- Why: Boyd claims that Prudential Financial failed to adequately safeguard client data, leaving it vulnerable to a Feb. 4 data breach affecting nearly 37,000 individuals.
- Where: The Prudential Financial class action lawsuit was filed in New Jersey federal court.
The company failed to adequately safeguard its clients’ personal information, leaving the data vulnerable to a data breach affecting approximately 36,545 individuals.
Plaintiff Constance Boyd says she was affected by the Prudential Financial data breach which allegedly took place Feb. 4 when an unauthorized third party accessed the company’s systems.
According to a Feb. 21 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Prudential Financial blames a “cybercrime group” for the data breach.
Boyd says she was not notified about the data breach for nearly four months and is unclear about what data was stolen, how the hacker was able to access the data and what steps Prudential Financial is taking to protect its clients’ data in the future.
Data security is important to Boyd, and the Prudential Financial class action asserts the company had a duty to disclose its data security practices so consumers could decide whether to entrust the company with their sensitive data. She says the company had a duty to encrypt sensitive data and monitor its systems to identify potential threats.
Plaintiff: Prudential Financial data breach puts victims at risk of identity theft, fraud
Boyd says she has been harmed by the Prudential Financial data breach and now faces imminent harm because her personal data has been exposed, putting her at increased risk of identity theft and fraud.
She is also experiencing anxiety over the possibility of cybercriminals accessing, using and selling her personally identifiable information, according to the Prudential Financial data breach class action lawsuit.
Boyd filed the Prudential Financial class action on behalf of a proposed class of
The Prudential Financial class action lawsuit asserts claims for negligence, breach of implied contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing and unjust enrichment.
Prudential Financial is not the only company to face a class action lawsuit in the wake of a data breach. Several data breach class action lawsuits have been filed recently against companies like AT&T, Golden Corral, Change Healthcare and American Vision Partners.
Were you affected by the Prudential Financial data breach? Tell us about your experience in the comments.
Boyd is represented by Andrew J. Sciolla of Sciolla Law Firm LLC and Kevin Kaukaitis of Laukaitis Law LLC.
The Prudential Financial data breach class action lawsuit is Constance Boyd v. Prudential Financial Inc., Case No. 2:24-cv-06818, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
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40 thoughts onPrudential Financial class action alleges data breach impacts 37,000
Please add me. I’ve had an account with Prudential for many years.
I received a letter from Prudential Insurance company that my information had been stolen recently
with my drivers license, names of myself and my beneficiary, because we have life insurance with them
since 2003 and the payments is made monthly to them to keep the policy active. All they said was file
my name with Trans Union, Equifax to report myself of what happened and this will help me for 3 years.
Now I see on line that they are being sued in a Class Actions action, please add my name, address
to your list so I can file a claim, as I have suffered alot since finding out this information. They call my phone constantly threatening
me and suing me saying I owe money to different companies, which I do not. Thanks. I will hire a lawyer if need be,
to get this straigtened out.