Cybercriminals have launched a significant attack on data warehousing platform Snowflake, breaching between five to ten companies and demanding ransom payments ranging from $300,000 to $5 million. The attackers, identified as UNC5537, used stolen credentials obtained via infostealer malware, affecting approximately 165 organizations, with around 80% of the victims having prior credential exposure. Mandiant reported on the breaches. Additionally, hackers have targeted researchers investigating the breach, using AI to falsify nude photos of one researcher. The breach has also led to ransom demands in the form of 30 bitcoins for stolen student data. The attack's impact is being probed by LendingTree and confirmed by LAUSD.
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Massive Snowflake Hack Leads to Customer Data Breach Cyber threat actor UNC5537 is suspected to have stolen a significant volume of customer data from data warehousing platform Snowflake. Read the full story here: https://t.co/G8MRov4LZi https://t.co/lSkgF7sWR2
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āļø @Mandiant's reporting on the Snowflake Customer Breaches Financially motivated threat actor Uses stolen credentials obtained via infostealer malware ~80% of victims had prior credential exposure ~165 exposed organizations https://t.co/mGlGvknlDC https://t.co/aWqi06xSsp
Scoop for @business- Cybercriminals are demanding payments of between $300k and $5m from five to 10 companies breached in a campaign against @SnowflakeDB. The hackers have harassed researchers investigating them, falsifying nude photos of one with AI - https://t.co/4AxCglfxkH