- Insight Partners confirms the effects of January 2025 Bride
- The VC company reveals that some sensitive data were stolen
- No one has yet assumed responsibility for the attack
Insight Partners, a larger venture capital organization investing in some of the biggest tech organizations around today, has confirmed the suffering of a cyberattack in which it lost sensitive data on the employees and some of its partners.
In mid -February 2025, the company released a statement and informed that it was suffering a cyberattack a month earlier.
“On January 16, 2025, Insight Partners discovered that an unauthorized third party opened certain insights information systems through a sophisticated socially engineering attack,” the message reads. “As soon as this incident was discovered, we moved quickly to contain, remedy and start an investigation within hours. We informed stakeholders associated with insight in January to warn them and encourage vigilance and tight security protocols regardless of having shared data compromised. We have also announced law enforcement in relevant jurisdictions.”
Investor information compromised
The company said it did not find evidence of intrusion after January 16 and added that when the attack was contained for a single day, it did not disturb its daily operations.
It recently updated the message and said the violation was verified and confirmed that some sensitive data was actually lost, including fund information, management company information, portfolio company information, bank information, tax information, personal information about current and previous employees and information related to limited partners.
The company does not know how many victims are yet, but said it would be to notify the affected devices in the coming days. Finally, it encouraged everyone to keep an eye on accounts and credit reports.
No one has yet assumed responsibility for the violation.
Insight Partners is a global venture capital and private equity company that invests in high growth technology, software and internet companies.
The company manages more than $ 90 billion in assets and has invested in more than 800 companies around the world. Some of its more notable investments include cyber security companies such as Armis and Wiz as well as public -turned platforms such as Monday.com and Wix.
Via Bleeping computer
