Crunchbase Confirms Data Breach After Hacking Claims

Market intelligence firm Crunchbase has confirmed a data breach after hackers published files allegedly stolen from its systems.

The notorious ShinyHunters cybercrime group claims to have stolen more than 2 million records containing personal information from Crunchbase.

The hackers have made available more than 400 MB of compressed files for download on their website after the company refused to pay a ransom.

“Crunchbase detected a cybersecurity incident where a threat actor exfiltrated certain documents from our corporate network. No business operations have been disrupted by this incident. We have contained the incident and our systems are secure,” Crunchbase said in a statement to SecurityWeek.

“Upon detecting the incident we engaged cybersecurity experts to assist us and we contacted federal law enforcement. Crunchbase is aware that the threat actor posted certain information online. As part of our incident response procedures we are reviewing the impacted information to determine if any notifications ...