$1T investment giant Apollo breached after social engineering attack
Hackers spent four days inside the org's cloud platforms after apparently talking their way in
Apollo Global Management has admitted that attackers talked their way into its cloud systems and got their hands on Social Security numbers and other personal information.
The investment giant disclosed the breach in a notification filed with California's attorney general, saying it had suffered a "social engineering incident" that resulted in unauthorized access to "certain cloud platforms" between July 6 and July 10.
Apollo isn't saying which cloud platforms were compromised, how the attackers got in, or how many people are affected by the breach.
What it does say is that its investigation determined on August 12 that the potentially compromised information included names, dates of birth, contact information, home addresses, and Social Security numbers.
The company said it has so far found no evidence that the information has been publicly posted or used...
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