Sales engagement startup Apollo says its massive contacts database was stolen in a data breach

guest · Oct 2, 2018

Sales engagement startup Apollo says its massive contacts database was stolen in a data breach
October 1, 2018
https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/01/apollo-contacts-data-breach/

Apollo, a sales engagement startup boasting a database of more than 200 million contact records, has been hacked.

The YC Combinator-backed company, formerly known as ZenProspect, helps salespeople connect with prospective customers. Using its massive prospect database of 200 million contacts at 10 million companies, Apollo matches sellers with potential buyers.

Apollo’s database contains publicly available data, including names, job titles, employers, social media handles, phone numbers and email addresses. It doesn’t include Social Security numbers, financial data or email addresses and passwords, Apollo said.

The data breach may not pose an immediate security risk to users such as if usernames and passwords are stolen, but exposed contact information can have a long-term effect on user security, such as making it easier for attackers to send targeted phishing emails.
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guest · Oct 2, 2018

Apollo Faces Criticism for Breach of 200 Million Contacts
October 2, 2018
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/apollo-faces-criticism-for-breach/

While the company’s website offers no information on the breach, Apollo does admit that despite any security practices, it cannot guarantee the protection of the data it collects.

[...] Zohar Alon, CEO, Dome9. “Apollo is not the first company to have a breach go unresolved for a long period of time, proving organizations do not emphasize security to a high-enough degree.”
“If other organizations want to prevent breaches like the one experienced by Apollo, they must leverage advanced security capabilities built for the cloud,” said Jacob Serpa, product marketing manager, Bitglass.

“The breach of Apollo’s enormous database of 200 million prospective customers and 10 million companies adds to a growing list of companies that compile large amounts of data yet fail to keep it safe,” said Ruchika Mishra, director of products and solutions, Balbix.
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