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Snowflake breach: Hacker confirms access through infostealer infection


Hudson Rock is able to confirm a massive breach at Snowflake was caused by credentials compromised via an Infostealer infection.

By directly communicating with the threat actor behind the massive data breach of cloud storage giant, Snowflake, we gained unprecedented insight into the devastating impact of Infostealer infections. Santander bank data offered for sale on exploit.inIn the conversation with Hudson Rock, the threat actor reveals that there is much more to the story than these two breaches, and that additional major companies suffered a similar fate, allegedly including: Info-stealer infections as a cybercrime trend surged by an incredible 6000% since 2018, positioning them as the primary initial attack vector used by threat actors to infiltrate organizations and execute cyberattacks, including ransomware, data breaches, account overtakes, and corporate espionage.

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