Millions Impacted by Breach at Advance Auto Parts Linked to Snowflake Incident

July 12, 2024 at 10:33AM American automotive aftermarket parts provider Advance Auto Parts disclosed that personal information of over 2.3 million individuals was compromised in a recent data breach. The incident was part of the Snowflake campaign, with threat actors accessing accounts and attempting to extort victim organizations. Advance Auto Parts is providing affected individuals … Read more

Advance Auto Parts Data Breach Affects 2.3M Customers

July 11, 2024 at 03:28PM Over 2.3 million people are to receive letters due to a data breach at Advance Auto Parts. The breach compromised personal information of job applicants and employees, including names, Social Security numbers, and more. Unauthorized access to the company’s cloud environment was discovered and reported to law enforcement. Credit monitoring … Read more

Advance Auto Parts data breach impacts 2.3 million people

July 11, 2024 at 10:24AM Advance Auto Parts has notified over 2.3 million people about a data breach of personal information during Snowflake data theft attacks. This incident affected current and former employees and job applicants, with stolen data including names, Social Security numbers, and driver’s licenses. Advance is providing complimentary identity theft protection and … Read more

Advance Auto Parts: 2.3M people’s data accessed when crims broke into our Snowflake account

July 11, 2024 at 09:23AM Ethan Steiger, CISO of Advance Auto Parts, disclosed that 2.3 million individuals were affected by a cyber breach. The criminals, under the alias Sp1d3r, attempted to sell the stolen data for $1.5 million, falsely claiming to have taken 380 million customer profiles. Snowflake has introduced new security measures, including multifactor … Read more

Advance Auto Parts confirms data breach exposed employee information

June 19, 2024 at 03:50PM Advance Auto Parts confirmed a data breach as a threat actor attempted to sell stolen data on a hacking forum. The breach affected personal information of current and former employees, job applicants, and possibly customers. The company will provide breach notifications, identity restoration services, and has incurred $3 million in … Read more

Advance Auto Parts stolen data for sale after Snowflake attack

June 5, 2024 at 05:57PM Threat actors are claiming to sell 3TB of data stolen from Advance Auto Parts. The stolen data includes 380 million customer profiles, 140 million customer orders, and other sensitive information. The breach is linked to compromised Snowflake accounts, affecting multiple customers. However, Snowflake claims it was not due to any … Read more