Alation Confirms Cyberattack After Customer Availability Incident

Summary

Alation confirmed unauthorized activity in one of its systems and said it is investigating. An earlier incident caused degraded availability for some customers and was resolved within an hour; data theft and the number of affected customers are unknown.

Key points

• Alation confirmed an isolated incident involving unauthorized activity in one of its systems.
• The company said it is investigating but did not disclose the attack’s nature or root cause.
• Alation previously reported degraded availability for some customers; it said that incident was resolved within an hour.
• The company did not say how many customers were affected or whether any data was stolen or exfiltrated.
• Alation did not say whether it had notified customers or what defensive actions they should take.

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