Private equity giant Apollo confirms data breach saw personal info stolen
- Apollo confirms July 2026 cyberattack via social engineering exposed PII in its cloud environment
- Data included names, DOB, contact info, addresses, and Social Security numbers
- Firm offers two years of identity protection; no evidence of dark web leaks yet
Apollo, one of the biggest private equity firms in the world, has confirmed it suffered a cyberattack which compromised some people’s personally identifiable information.
The company notified California’s Attorney General’s Office about the breach and shared a copy of the letter it is now sending out to affected individuals. It is impossible to discern from the letter if the victims are Apollo employees, customers, or someone else entirely, but the company did clearly explain what happened.
As per the letter, an unidentified threat actor tricked an Apollo employee into granting them access to the company’s cloud environment. The attackers used social engineering (usually phishing), which means the victim either tried logging...
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