Apollo Discloses Data Breach From Ongoing Wave of Attacks Hitting Financial Sector
Hackers stole names, birth dates and Social Security numbers from Apollo's cloud systems and used the data to demand ransom payments, Google said.
- On Friday, Apollo Global Management confirmed a data breach in which attackers gained unauthorized access to cloud platforms between July 6 and July 10, according to a notification filed in California.
- Google researchers attributed the ongoing campaign to BlackFile, an extortion group affiliated with The Com that has targeted financial and private equity giants throughout this year.
- Attackers stole names, birth dates, home addresses, and Social Security numbers; Apollo has not disclosed how many individuals were impacted by the intrusion.
- Matthew Breitfelder, global head of human capital at Apollo, wrote that the company "promptly notified law enforcement, engaged leading outside cybersecurity and forensic experts, enhanced our security protocols, and launched an investigation."
- BlackFile reportedly demands ransoms starting around $3 million and often escalates to swatting or publishing stolen data, though Apollo found no evidence of data misuse or identity theft so far.
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