Accenture says Unacademy hack has no impact on its data

New Delhi: Professional companies agency Accenture on Friday mentioned it has not suffered any information breach as a consequence of leak of Unacademy database. Cyber safety agency Cyble has revealed that the database of training expertise agency Unacademy has been breached and particulars of assorted account holders, together with these registered with company e-mail accounts, are on sale at nighttime internet.

According to Cyble, accounts with Accenture e-mail addresses are additionally a part of the hacked database.

“Accenture has no professional relationship with Unacademy, and any implication or assertion otherwise is erroneous. Accenture has suffered no data breach or loss of any records or client information as a result of this incident,” Accenture mentioned in a press release.

Cyble had mentioned the hackers have claimed that they’ve entry to the entire database of Unacademy.

“We have seen accounts/data with domains from Infosys, TCS, Cognizant, Reliance Industries, TCS, HDFC, Accenture, ICICI, SBI, Canara Bank, Bank of Baroda, Punjab National Bank and a number of other different giant organisations,” Cyble had mentioned.

When contacted, Cyble CEO and founder Beenu Arora clarified that the corporate has not mentioned that information of Accenture or every other organisation has been breached.

“Unacademy has users who have registered with Accenture and other organisations e-mail addresses. Cybercriminals typically use this hacked data for credential stuffing attacks, which may or may not impact Accenture or other organizations directly or indirectly,” Arora mentioned.

Cyble mentioned Accenture and different organisations ought to encourage folks to keep away from utilizing their company e-mail addresses for third get together companies.

“We do recommend resetting the affected employees’ account passwords as a precautionary measure, as people often reuse the same password on other services,” Arora mentioned.