- Insight Partners confirms 12,657 persons affected by October 2024 Ransomware -Attack
- Attackers Exfilter and encrypted data; But no group has taken on the responsibility
- Victims offered identity protection; No proof of abuse of data reported so far
Months after suffering a cyberattack and confirmation of data theft, the Venture Capital Firm Insight Partners has begun to notify the persons affected.
The company has submitted a new report to the Office of Maine Attorney General, which also included a copy of the letter sent out.
Insight Partners is a global venture capital and private equity company that invests in high-growth software and technology companies. In the letter, it said when the violation was discovered how long attackers lived and whatever they did after exiling the data.
How to remain safe
“Insight Partners’ Investigation of the incident determined that a threat actor has a sophisticated social engineering attack to the affected servers, the affected servers,” a threat actor successfully reads a sophisticated social engineering attack to gain access to the affected servers, “it sounds.” began at. 10:00 am on January 16, 2025, encrypting these servers. ”
The letter does not indicate who the threat actors are or what their requirements were. Currently, no group has publicly assumed responsibility for the attack.
Elsewhere in the filing, Insight Partners confirmed that exactly 12,657 people had their sensitive information stolen, which included banking and tax information, personal information on current and former employees, information related to limited partners and fund, management company and portfolio company information.
The company also said that all victims will be notified at the end of September 2025, and customers who are not notified at the time did not have their files compromised.
Insight Partners was founded in 1995 with headquarters in New York City and offices in London, Tel Aviv and Palo Alto. From April 2025, the company manages about $ 90 billion in assets and has so far invested in more than 875 companies globally.
To remain in safety, the company recommends users registration for free protection services for identity services, provided via Experian. They should also change all business and personal passwords, enable multifactor approval (MFA) and consider placing a freeze on their credit reports.
At the time of the press, there was no evidence that the files were abused in nature.
Via Bleeping computer
