Venture capital giant IdeaLab confirms breach, says private data was stolen in attack
techradar.com - 4 july Almost a year later, the company comes forward with more details IdeaLab confirms it suffered a data breach, offers identity theft protection and credit monitoring Recently-departed ransomware operators Hunters International took responsibility * The decryption key were recently published Technology startup incubator IdeaLab has confirmed suffered a cyberattack in which it lost sensitive company files. The organization confirmed the news after an extensive investigation that took almost a year, noting in a data breach notification letter sent earlier to affected individuals the attack most likely took place on October 4 2024, when cybercriminals accessed its network and stole sensitive information on current and former employees, current and former support service contractors, and their dependents. We don’t know exactly how many people were affected by this attack, or what the nature of the data is. IdeaLab just said the attackers took people’s names, in combination with “variable data”.
