The Breach That Wasn’t Snowflake’s Fault – But Still Caused Damage
The recent compromise of customer accounts hosted on Snowflake’s cloud platform has triggered a wave of concern among security leaders. The attackers did not exploit a vulnerability in Snowflake itself. Instead, they used stolen credentials obtained through infostealers and gained access to customer environments that lacked strong authentication.
Many of the affected accounts had no multi-factor authentication in place and minimal monitoring configured. As a result, legitimate logins turned into devastating data leaks.
This Is a Supply Chain Breach in Disguise
This event underscores a painful reality: your cloud provider can be secure, but your implementation may not be. Poor credential management and weak access policies allowed attackers to use Snowflake as a highway to critical data.
What This Means for Your Security Program
- Security Shared Responsibility Still Applies
The platform may be secure, but configuration, IAM, and access monitoring are your responsibility. Blaming the cloud provider is not a valid defense.
- Credentials Are the Modern Attack Vector
Infostealers are cheap, effective, and widely deployed. If your users reuse passwords or skip MFA, your cloud footprint becomes low-hanging fruit.
- Assume Compromise Is Inevitable
The question is not if attackers get in, but how far they can go once they do. Breach simulations and penetration testing help you find out before they do.
Nullayer’s Take
At Nullayer, we simulate the tactics threat actors use to pivot through cloud environments, escalate privileges, and extract sensitive data. Our technical security assessments show you what attackers can see and exploit, not just what your cloud dashboard tells you.
Next Steps
How resilient is your organization against a cloud credential attack? Don’t wait until a third-party breach forces you to find out.
Schedule a Snowflake-style breach simulation with Nullayer and expose your real-world cloud risk today.
