Insurance Provider Latest Hit With MOVEit Data Breach Litigation

Retirement and life insurance provider Corebridge Financial Inc. was negligent in its cybersecurity obligations and failed to prevent a data breach affecting 200,000 customers, a proposed class action filed in Texas federal court alleged.

A Corebridge vendor’s MOVEit file-transfer software was compromised as part of a sweeping cyberattack, exposing customer Social Security Numbers, insurance policy numbers, and other identifying information, according to the complaint filed Aug. 11 in the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Companies and government agencies across the US and Europe were hit in the MOVEit hack, which was disclosed in June by the ...