2026 Ginkgo Bioworks — unauthorized access to former-biosecurity legacy cloud data
Data compromised
Customer/company data in legacy biosecurity-related cloud environments (field inventory and census unpublished). Core/financial systems not interrupted; not ransomware.
Technical writeup
Verified company statement Oct 8, 2026 — Ginkgo Bioworks discovered unauthorized third-party access to data from cloud environments primarily associated with its former biosecurity business (legacy cloud). Access terminated; credentials rotated; no evidence of continued access or access to other environments. Some legacy systems briefly offline; core and financial systems uninterrupted; explicitly not ransomware. FBI notified; customers notified; regulatory notification obligations under evaluation. Person census unpublished — recordsAffected 0.
Root cause
Unauthorized third-party access to legacy cloud environments primarily tied to former biosecurity business (path unpublished)