Data Breach Alert: Workday Confirms Personal Data Stolen; Hackers Could Access Names, Emails, and Phone Numbers

Workday says hackers used social engineering to access personal data during a breach

Human resources technology company Workday has confirmed that a data breach has affected its third-party CRM platform. In a blog post announcing the breach, the company said that a social engineering campaign had targeted its employees, with threat actors posing as IT or HR in order to trick employees into sharing account access or personal information. The company says that while the threat actors were able to access some information from the C…

Data breach alert: Workday confirms personal data stolen; hackers could access names, emails, and phone numbers

Workday confirmed a data breach of a third-party customer database, exposing names, emails, and phone numbers. The stolen data could be used for social engineering.

Hackers Target Workday In Social Engineering Attack - Cybernoz - Cybersecurity News

Workday has confirmed that it fell victim to a wide-ranging social engineering campaign that allowed hackers to access information at one of its third-party vendors.  The hackers work by impersonating IT and human-resources personnel in order to trick employees into sharing their personal information and account credentials, Workday said in a blog post published Friday. Breaching the customer-support system gave the hackers access to support tic…

Workday Data Breach Bears Signs of Widespread Salesforce Hack

Workday hit in broader social engineering cyberattack Workday disclosed a data breach after attackers accessed a third-party CRM system and stole business contact details. The breach is part of a larger social engineering campaign affecting major firms, where attackers pose as internal staff to trick employees. While no customer data or internal systems were compromised, […] The post Workday Data Breach Bears Signs of Widespread Salesforce Hack …

Workday suffers data breach

Workday warned customers of a social engineering campaign after the company was hit with a data breach. In an August 15 blog post, Workday said it had been targeted and threat actors were able to access “some information” from from its third-party CRM platform. “There is no indication of access to customer tenants or the data within them. We acted quickly to cut the access and have added extra safeguards to protect against similar incidents in t…