Pure Storage pwned, claims data plundered by crims who broke into Snowflake workspace

June 11, 2024 at 02:10PM Pure Storage confirmed a data breach involving a single Snowflake data analytics workspace. No customer data was compromised, but telemetry information such as company names and email addresses was accessed. Security firm Mandiant identified a common factor in the breaches as the lack of Multi-Factor Authentication. Pure Storage stated that … Read more

Pure Storage confirms data breach after Snowflake account hack

June 11, 2024 at 08:48AM Pure Storage confirmed a security breach in its Snowflake workspace, exposing telemetry data and customer names, usernames, and email addresses. The company took steps to secure its systems and has not found malicious activity on customer infrastructure. The attack was linked to a financially motivated threat actor, targeting organizations without … Read more