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Sead Fadilpašić

Snowflake hacker may still be active, and hunting down new victims, experts claim

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The hacker that managed to break into countless corporate Snowflake accounts and steal the data found inside is still active, researchers are saying. To this day, they are actively trying to extort money out of the victims of the attack that happened months ago.

This is according to Mandiant’s senior threat analyst Austin Larsen, Cyberscoop reports. Larsen spoke during SentinelOne’s LABScon security conference that took place last week and shared the news on the progress of the investigation. Mandiant was the company that Snowflake brought in to investigate the incident this spring, when it was first spotted.

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