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Breach Record

Snowflake

DISCLOSED 2026-08-07 · STOLEN CREDS · 100,000,000 RECORDS EXPOSED

A credential-based intrusion into customer Snowflake accounts led to the exposure of over 100 million records containing PII, financial data, and call records. Inadequate logging in some tenants delayed detection and response. The breach highlights risks of stolen credentials in cloud environments.

The record

What we know

Disclosed
2026-08-07
Attack vector
Stolen Creds
Sector
cloud data platform
Records exposed
100,000,000
Domain
snowflake.com
Data classes exposed
PIIfinancial recordscall records
ColdRecon assessment

Could a positive-security control have prevented this?

Verdict · unclear · opinion

The attack used stolen credentials to access cloud accounts; a positive-security model on endpoints would not directly prevent cloud authentication abuse. Insufficient logging is noted, but the primary vector is credential theft, not endpoint change.

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Sources

Cited reporting

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