Apollo Global Management Inc. said hackers breached its systems in July and accessed personal information, Bloomberg Technology reports. According to Bloomberg, Apollo described the incident in a letter dated Aug. 21 and posted on the California attorney general’s website. The letter was from Matthew Breitfelder, Apollo’s human resources chief. Bloomberg reports that the attackers used social engineering techniques to gain access to data stored in Apollo’s cloud. Bloomberg described social engineering techniques as relying on manipulating people to share information, but the provided report does not specify the exact tactic used in this case. The available Bloomberg report does not provide the number of people affected, the categories of personal information accessed, or the duration of the attackers’ access. Bloomberg also places the disclosure in a broader pattern of attempted or successful cyberattacks at major hedge funds in recent weeks. On the evidence available here, Apollo’s disclosure is the concrete, document-backed development; the wider pattern remains Bloomberg’s contextual framing rather than a separately corroborated claim in this cluster. Who benefits: Too early to tell from the provided report. Who's exposed: The provided report says personal information was accessed, but it does not identify the affected population.