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Snowflake enforces MFA as data breach probe continues


Snowflake enforces multi-factor authentication after an alleged major data breach, improving security measures.

This decision was prompted by a breach noticed last month by Hudson Rock analysts, involving a massive data theft from Ticketmaster, Spanish bank Santander, and potentially hundreds of millions of files from Advance Auto Parts—all of whom are Snowflake clients. Snowflake, a platform that hosts massive datasets for corporations, revealed that hackers had been using stolen credentials to try to infiltrate its customer accounts. Brad Jones, the chief information security officer at Snowflake, explained in a post that threat actors used login details that had been “purchased or obtained through infostealing malware,” which is designed to pull usernames and passwords from devices that have been compromised.

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