Security News > 2021 > February > VC giant Sequoia discloses data breach after failed BEC attack
American VC firm Sequoia Capital has disclosed a data breach following what looks like a failed business email compromise attack from January.
Since its founding in 1972, the venture capital firm Sequoia has invested in a long list of high-profile companies.
"On or about January 20, 2021, we learned that an unauthorized third party had gained remote access to the business email mailbox of one Sequoia employee, with the apparent aim of conducting a wired version scam," Sequoia Capital explained in a notice of data breach sent to affected individuals.
"The unauthorized access to the mailbox might have allowed the third party to acquire a copy of files including certain individuals' personal information," Sequoia added.
After detecting the attack, Sequoia Capital hired external security experts to investigate the incident and secure its systems.
Axios reported over the weekend about the VC firm informing investors that it was hacked and that their information might have been compromised as part of a data breach.
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