Venture capital firm Insight Partners has notified thousands of people, including limited partners of the company, their Hacker stole personal information in an earlier data breach.
exist Statement on September 4The venture capital giant said it completed a review in early August after its data breach, which was described as a “social engineering attack” without further explanation.
The risk company is now in California’s Attorney General This week, hackers broke into the company’s human resources system in mid-October 2024. It said the hacker deleted data from Insight’s server and began encrypting the system on January 16, 2025, which is a sign Ransomware attacks.
Insight tells Maine Attorney General This week, the ransomware attack will affect more than 12,600 people.
None of the data breach notices disclosed what specific personal data were obtained from Insight’s system.
but According to the company’s early statementstolen data includes information about funds, management companies and portfolio companies of certain Insight Partners. The company said the hackers also adopted banking and tax information, as well as personal information about their current and former employees and their limited partners, which are often private and unnamed investors who help provide funding for insight into venture capital investments.
Insight Partners has few other claims about data breaches, such as whether the company received a ransomware demand from a hacker or paid for the hacker. (Not uncommon for companies Facing payment needs In exchange for the purpose of hackers deleting or not posting stolen data. )
Insight Partners spokesman Kristen Zeck did not respond to emails about violations sent before issuance.
The company has over $90 billion in assets under its management and invests in some of today’s largest cybersecurity companies, including Databricks and Wiz.
Insight Partners has joined a handful of other venture capital firms in recent years.
Silicon Valley Venture Capital Company Advanced Technology Venture Capital is Ransomware attack In 2021, Sequoia Partners experienced the same year Data Breach. Both of these incidents allow hackers to swipe personal information from their company limited partners.
Additional details about ransomware attacks were updated on September 17.
