The intrusion is the result of a successful phishing attack against one of its employees. The venture capital firm told investors that its been monitoring the dark web, at the time of this writing it is not aware of threat actors trading the compromised data. The intrusion occurred after a Sequoia employee’s email was successfully phished, according to the security firm Axios. The firm has made considerable investments in security and will continue to do so as we work to address constantly evolving cyber threats.”]
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