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Pleasanton-based Workday was among numerous large organizations impacted by a recent targeted “social engineering campaign”, according to an announcement from the company last week.
Workday officials said in a blog post Friday (Aug. 15) that the company had “acted quickly to cut access” to hackers in the attack aimed at gaining information that could be used to contact employees under false pretenses.
“In this campaign, threat actors contact employees by text or phone pretending to be from human resources or IT,” Workday officials wrote. “Their goal is to trick employees into giving up account access or their personal information.”
While hackers were able to gain access to some information, a majority of that information was not private or sensitive, according to Workday.
“The type of information the actor obtained was primarily commonly available business contact information, like names, email addresses, and phone numbers, potentially to further their social engineering scams,” Workday officials wrote.
They noted that the company would never contact employees by phone to request a password or other sensitive details, and that all official communications from the company are conveyed via secure and trusted channels.
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