{"id":210785,"date":"2026-02-06T16:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T21:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/how-a-security-incident-impacted-one-cybersecurity-ceo\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T16:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T21:15:09","slug":"how-a-security-incident-impacted-one-cybersecurity-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/how-a-security-incident-impacted-one-cybersecurity-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"How a security incident impacted one cybersecurity CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"

How a security incident impacted one cybersecurity CEO<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.itbrew.com\/stories\/2026\/02\/06\/life-post-breach-how-a-security-incident-impacted-one-cybersecurity-ceo<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-02-06 16:11:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.itbrew.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2019Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse\u2026but don\u2019t get too comfortable, because this isn\u2019t your traditional Christmas tale.<\/p>\n

Howard Ting was at home on Christmas Day 2024, playing with his kids, when he received a phone call from the CSO of Cyberhaven, alerting him to a security professional\u2019s worst nightmare: an employees\u2019 account had been compromised and used to upload a malicious version of its Chrome extension to select accounts.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an incredible roller-coaster of emotions,\u201d Ting, Cyberhaven\u2019s CEO at the time, told IT Brew. Cyberhaven had just wrapped up a \u201cphenomenal year,\u201d in his words: its valuation grew from $150 million to $1 billion, and it had added several marquee customers while concluding a series D funding round.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was on the highest of highs, and then less than two days later, I\u2019m in the depths of, \u2018Wow, could this kill our company?\u2019\u201d Ting, now the CEO of identity governance company Opal Security, recalled.<\/p>\n

I remember it like it was yesterday. <\/strong>In a December 2024 blog post\u2014penned by Ting and published two days after the incident was discovered\u2014the company confirmed the cyberattack occurred on Christmas Eve after a threat actor compromised a Cyberhaven employee account through a phishing attack.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe attacker was able to basically harvest the tokens or credentials of that developer and get access to our Chrome Store account,\u201d Ting said. \u201cWith access to our Chrome Store account, through APIs, they were able to update a malicious version of the extension to our account, which then subsequently got published and deployed to some of our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ting said the developer discovered and reported the incident early on Christmas Day, triggering the company to jump into incident-response mode. While Cyberhaven\u2019s CSO took the lead on the investigation, Ting recalled several decisions he had to make in his role as CEO.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow much do you disclose?…<\/p>\n

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