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Snowflake Customer Data Breaches 2024: Cloud Security Misconfigurations
An industry analysis of the 2024 Snowflake customer account compromises and the cloud security lessons.
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About this analysis
This is a public-source analysis. It is not a Securelyn client engagement.
What was publicly reported
In 2024, attackers accessed data held by a number of organisations in their Snowflake accounts. Public reporting linked this to stolen customer credentials on accounts that did not use multi-factor authentication.
Lessons for other organisations
- Require multi-factor authentication on cloud data platforms.
- Rotate credentials and remove old ones.
- Restrict access by network location where possible.
- Review cloud settings regularly with a security configuration audit.
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