Private equity giant Apollo confirms data breach saw personal info stolen

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• Apollo confirms July 2026 cyberattack via social engineering exposed PII in its cloud environment
• Data included names, DOB, contact info, addresses, and Social Security numbers
• Firm offers two years of identity protection; no evidence of dark web leaks yet

Apollo, one of the biggest private equity firms in the world, has confirmed it suffered a cyberattack which compromised some people’s personally identifiable information.