Insight Partners, a venture capital company, has finished contacting several people—including its limited partners—whose private details were compromised in a hacking incident that occurred in January.
The firm stated late last week that it wrapped up its investigation into the breach in August, describing the incident simply as a “social engineering attack” but offering no additional details.
Previous notifications from the company revealed that the stolen data contained details regarding specific Insight Partners funds, management entities, and companies within its portfolio. The attackers also obtained financial and tax records, according to the company, in addition to personal information about both current and past employees, as well as its limited partners—the usually anonymous investors who supply capital for Insight’s venture funds.
To date, Insight Partners has not disclosed many specifics about the breach, such as the total number of people affected, nor has it shared the notification it sent out to those impacted, despite being asked by TechCrunch. The company has also not confirmed whether it received or paid any ransom demands from the attackers. (It’s fairly common for organizations to be asked for payment in return for the hackers promising to destroy or withhold the stolen data.)
A representative for Insight Partners, Kristen Zeck, did not reply to email inquiries regarding the incident.
Insight Partners manages assets exceeding $90 billion and has backed leading cybersecurity businesses such as Databricks and Wiz.