Who Breached: Prudential Insurance Group (UK)
Number Affected: 200
Information breached: Bank records
How: Courier drops box on highway

Prudential Insurance Group in the U.K. has suffered a data breach - not a large one, by industry standards, but an odd one.

A DHL courier was transporting a box of files, including the banking details for 200 of Prudential customers, when the box fell out of the courier’s van on the motorway. The files contained information related to investments worth millions, details of three lottery winners, and other sensitive information.

The documents were found on the motorway by a vehicle recovery driver and returned to Prudential. All customers have been contacted about the incident. Luckily, the box of files was recovered and returned - an unusual circumstance in a data breach situation.

Prudential has suspended shipping with DHL pending a full investigation.

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