Case Study: a top private equity firm prevents a possible breach of a portfolio company with Flare

Top Private Equity Firm prevents a possible breach with Flare and stops a $100 Genesis Market credential sale

A private equity firm with over $8 billion in assets faced the challenge of protecting its diverse portfolio of companies from cyber threats. Their external attack surface included all their holdings, and a breach at any portfolio company could severely impact its valuation and their return on investment. The firm used the Flare platform to monitor for threats, specifically to find stolen credentials and cookies that could grant attackers initial access.

The Flare platform identified an infected device for sale on Genesis Market that contained cookies for a portfolio company's internal webmail server. This allowed the firm's security team to proactively obtain the credentials, preventing a potential network intrusion. By discovering this threat, which was being sold for only $100, Flare helped the firm avert a disastrous breach that could have led to millions in costs and jeopardized future M&A activities.