Apollo blames social engineering for a four-day breach in July
Apollo Global Management has told people that hackers reached their names, dates of birth, contact details, home addresses and Social Security numbers. The private equity firm set out the incident in a notification letter dated 21 August and posted on the California attorney general’s website.
The letter opens the account of what happened with a comparison. “Similar to other financial services firms, Apollo recently experienced a social engineering incident.”
The dates in the letter
Apollo says there was unauthorised access to certain cloud platforms between 6 and 10 July. That is four days.
The firm then gives a second date. “During our investigation, we learned on August 12, 2026 that the information potentially impacted by this incident included your name, date of birth, contact information, home address, and your Social Security Number.”
The letter went out on 21 August. Six weeks separate the start of the access from the notice.
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