Snowflake news and trends

Almost All of AT&T’s Wireless Customers Hacked as Snowflake Breach Snowballs
Security & Fraud // July 12, 2024

The interconnected global operating landscape has never held more opportunity for businesses. Or more threats. Gaining a deeper understanding of the threat landscape and the top tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) of ransomware gangs is increasingly crucial for firms. News broke Friday (July 12) that...

Report: Consumer Data From Snowflake Hack Being Sold to Cybercriminals
Cybersecurity // June 20, 2024

Consumer data from LendingTree subsidiary QuoteWizard was reportedly stolen by hackers, who are selling it to the highest bidder on cybercriminal forums. The theft and subsequent sale of stolen data may be part of the incident in which hackers accessed cloud database accounts hosted by...

Hackers Increasing Pressure on Snowflake Customers to Make Ransom Payments
Security & Fraud // June 17, 2024

Hackers who targeted Snowflake customers are reportedly demanding ransom payments ranging from $300,000 to $5 million from as many as 10 breached companies. The hacking group, known as UNC5537, accessed the Snowflake accounts of approximately 165 customers and stole valuable data, Bloomberg reported Monday (June 17). Austin Larsen,...

Fresh Wave of Major Cyberattacks Exposes Key Enterprise Security Weaknesses
Cybersecurity // June 11, 2024

On a weekly basis, businesses operating within security-critical industries are reminded that security is critical. In just the past handful of days, three substantial cyberattacks on city governments, healthcare systems, and a sensitive data storage cloud infrastructure platform occurred independently. On Monday (June 10), it...

Interviews & Exclusives
Strong Earnings and Peloton Recovery Spark CE 100 2.6% Bump

August 26, 2024
The tail end of Q2 earnings were good to several companies on the CE 100 this week. The Index ended the week of August 23 up 2.6%, led by the “Live” pillar up 3.7% and “Bank” at 2.7%. Many companies posted positive gains for the week, but none more than Peloton, which overcame a drop […]

CE 100 Index Adds 1.9% as C3.ai and Porch Lead Gainers

March 04, 2024
The Connected Economy 100 Index notched a 1.9% gain as February gave way to March. And of the 10 pillars, only one — the Be Well segment — lost ground,...

CE 100 Index Gains 3.3% as MongoDB, Snowflake Surge  

June 05, 2023
In a week that saw major indices in the U.S. rally on jobs growth and on the seeming resolution of the debt ceiling debate, the CE 100 Index outpaced its...

AI Dominates CE 100 Headlines but Index Posts Muted 0.5% Gain

May 29, 2023
All AI. All the time, it seems. The CE 100 Index headed into a shortened holiday week with only slight gains, up 0.5%. And as has been seen in recent...

Quick Reads
Report: Consumer Data From Snowflake Hack Being Sold to Cybercriminals

June 20, 2024
Consumer data from LendingTree subsidiary QuoteWizard was reportedly stolen by hackers, who are selling it to the highest bidder on cybercriminal forums. The theft and subsequent sale of stolen data may be part of the incident in which hackers accessed cloud database accounts hosted by Snowflake, Bloomberg reported Thursday (June 20), citing unnamed sources. LendingTree […]

Hackers Increasing Pressure on Snowflake Customers to Make Ransom Payments

June 17, 2024
Hackers who targeted Snowflake customers are reportedly demanding ransom payments ranging from $300,000 to $5 million from as many as 10 breached companies. The hacking group, known as UNC5537, accessed the Snowflake...

Blue Yonder, Snowflake Team up on Supply Chain Data Management

March 29, 2022
Digital supply chain platform Blue Yonder and data cloud company Snowflake are collaborating to improve access to supply chain data, according to a Tuesday (March 29) press release. Blue Yonder’s...

Kount, Snowflake Team To Offer Customer Data Insights

December 01, 2020
Kount, which works in digital fraud protection and identity trust, announced today (Dec. 1) that it is working with data cloud provider Snowflake to provide enhanced, artificial intelligence- (AI) driven...