Venture Capital Firm Insight Partners said it would warn an unspecified number of people that their personal information was stolen during a January cyberattack.
In a statement updated this week, the VC company had planned to notify affected people on a rolling basis starting from “the next few days.” The stolen data includes personal information about current and former employees, as well as information about limited partners, according to the company. This is an investor who provides capital to Insight’s venture funds, but their names are usually kept private.
According to Insight, the stolen data also includes information about certain funds, such as banks and tax information, as well as management companies and portfolio companies.
This is the first time that Insight has admitted that data was expanded during the company’s January cyberattack. The company previously attributed the hack to a “sleek” social engineering attack, but no evidence for this claim has been provided. The specific nature of the attack remains unknown.
A spokesman for Insight Partners did not immediately return a request for comment.
With over $90 billion under its control, VC companies are one of the world’s largest high-tech startup investors. Insight helped fund cybersecurity giants, including Wiz and Armis.
Insight Partners is the latest venture capital company in recent years to experience cyberattacks. In 2021, Silicon Valley venture company Advanced Technology Ventures was hit by a ransomware attack that allowed criminals to steal data about their company’s limited partners.