Snowflake Data Breach Exposes Information of Over 165 Customers

Hackers leveraged stolen credentials to access data, prompting Snowflake to enforce multi-factor authentication.

• Mandiant identified the threat actor UNC5537 as responsible for the breaches.
• The breaches involved stolen credentials from infostealer malware dating back to 2020.
• Affected companies include Ticketmaster, Santander, and Advance Auto Parts.
• Snowflake is working with cybersecurity firms to investigate and mitigate the impact.
• The company plans to mandate multi-factor authentication for all customer accounts.

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