2026 Apollo Global Management — social-engineering cloud access Jul 6–10; SSNs/addresses (CA AG)

Verified company notice via California AG filing sb24-628551 and TechCrunch/Reuters — August 21, 2026. Apollo Global Management (NY private equity, ~$938B AUM) said hackers used social engineering to gain unauthorized access to certain cloud platforms between July 6 and July 10, 2026. Impacted categories include names, dates of birth, contact information, home addresses, and Social Security numbers. Apollo notified law enforcement and engaged outside forensics; it has not published a headcount or clarified whether affected people were primarily employees, LPs, or portfolio-related contacts. The disclosure follows Google Threat Intelligence and Reuters reporting on a broader financial/PE social-engineering extortion campaign (Falcon/Helix/Pink/Redact branding cited by Google) that listed Apollo among targeted firms. recordsAffected 0 pending company or multi-state census.