Insight Partners is a prominent global venture capital and private equity firm specializing in high-growth technology, software, and internet companies, managing over $90 billion in regulatory assets. Venture capital firm Insight Partners has confirmed that sensitive data for employees and limited partners was stolen in a January 2025 cyberattack. Bill Toulas Bill Toulas is a tech writer and infosec news reporter with over a decade of experience working on various online publications, covering open-source, Linux, malware, data breach incidents, and hacks. In an update published earlier this week, the company says it has verified a data breach with the help of experts at an eDiscovery vendor and is now working on determining who is impacted. Individuals confirmed to have had their information exposed will be notified, but Insight Partners says this will occur in waves, starting in the next few days. Insight Partners has not yet been listed on any ransomware sites and extortion portals, so the type of attack and the perpetrators responsible for it are still unknown. Insight Partners assured that the incident was isolated and its duration was contained to a single day, resulting in no disruptions to its business operations. In the meantime, potentially impacted persons are recommended to change their personal and enterprise passwords and activate two-factor authentication (2FA) on all financial accounts.
This Cyber News was published on www.bleepingcomputer.com. Publication date: Thu, 08 May 2025 15:45:27 +0000