VC giant Insight Partners notifies staff and limited partners after data breach

Venture Capital Firm Insight Partners say it has finished notifying a number of people, including the limited partners of the firm, whose Hackers stole personal information in January Data breachThe

In A statement by the end of last weekThe agency says it has completed its review in August after the information violation, which describes it as a “social engineering attack” without further explanation.

According to the previous notification, the stolen data included information about the funds, management agencies and portfolio agencies specific insights partners. The hackers also took banking and tax information, the company said, as well as personal information about its current and former employees and its limited partners – usually private and unnamed investors who help provide the capital of the insight initiative.

Insight partners still have detailed the details of the violation of the violation, how many people have been stolen, or when asked by TechCrunch, it has provided a copy of the notification sent to the victims, if the company has not paid the demand for extortion or hackers. (It is not unusual for agencies Facial Hackers in exchange for not deleting or publishing stolen data)))

Insight partners spokesperson Kristen Jake did not respond to emails with questions about violations.

Under the management of the company, the company has more than $ 90 billion assets and has invested in several largest cyberquacy agencies, including Databrix and Wiz, today.

Insight partners joined a few handful of other initiatives to hack in recent years.

Silicon Valley Venture Farm was Advanced Technology Venture Hit by a ransomware attack In 2021, the same year experiences the Sequia partners Data violationThe Both events allow hackers to swipe personal information to the limited partners of their companies.