Workday Suffers Data Breach, Customer Data Stolen by Hackers
Summary
Major HR tech firm Workday suffers data breach as hackers steal customer names, emails, and phone numbers from third-party database, raising concerns over potential social engineering scams for its 70 million global users.
Key Points
- Workday, a major HR technology provider, confirms a data breach where hackers stole personal information from a third-party customer relationship database
- The stolen data includes names, email addresses, and phone numbers, potentially used for social engineering scams
- Workday has over 11,000 corporate customers serving 70 million users worldwide, but denies access to customer data within their HR systems