Sequoia Capital Venture Capital firm discloses a data breach

Sequoia Capital, one of the most prominent venture capital firms, told its investors that an unauthorized third party had access to their information.

Sequoia Capital, one of the most prominent venture capital firms that focus on the technology industry, discloses a data breach. The company informed its investors that an unauthorized third party had access to their personal and financial information. Sequoia’s portfolio includes Airbnb, DoorDash, and Robinhood, it also invested in major cybersecurity firms like FireEye and Carbon Black.

The intrusion is the result of a successful phishing attack against one of its employees.

“Sequoia Capital told its investors on Friday that some of their personal and financial information may have been accessed by a third party, after a Sequoia employee’s email was successfully phished, Axios has learned.” reported the security firm Axios.

The venture capital firm told investors that it’s been monitoring the dark web, at the time of this writing it is not aware of threat actors trading the compromised data.

“We recently experienced a cybersecurity incident. Our security team responded promptly to investigate, and we contacted law enforcement and engaged leading outside cybersecurity experts to help remediate the issue and maintain the ongoing security of our systems.” a Sequoia spokesperson told Axios. “We regret that this incident has occurred and have notified affected individuals. We have made considerable investments in security and will continue to do so as we work to address constantly evolving cyber threats.”

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Pierluigi Paganini

(SecurityAffairs – hacking, Sequoia Capital)

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