Technology company Wipro said it is conducting an internal investigation after discovering that hackers had gained access to its data for several months.
Wipro is the third largest outsourcing company in India.
The discovery came after the company noticed some suspicious activity on the accounts of some employees on network . A company spokesperson said it was a phishing campaign.
The company said it immediately launched an investigation, identified the accounts that had been affected, and took steps to minimize the impact of the attack.
Following this incident, Wipro is committed to leveraging security best practices and has already begun working with threat monitoring experts to strengthen its security.
Among other things, the Wipro spokesperson said that the company has assigned the investigation to an independent company and that from now on it will be constantly vigilant and will ensure continuous monitoring of its systems.
Reliable sources report that Wipro had been the victim of hacking for several months and that a state-funded group was behind the attack.
It is still unknown to what extent the data has been compromised. The company itself has not said whether any of its customers' data has been affected, although there are some who claim that the attack targeted the data of specific customers.
Wipro operates in North America, parts of South America, Australia, India, China, South Africa, parts of Europe, and many other places.
