Wipro IT systems may have been hacked and used to attack its clients: Report

Wipro is investigating reports that its IT systems have been compromised and are being used to launch attacks against its customers, cybersecurity investigation site KrebsOnSecurity said in a post.

The site that it has heard independently from two sources that the Bengaluru-headquartered IT services company was ‘dealing with a multi-month intrusion from an assumed state-sponsored attacker’ and that Wipro’s systems were seen being used to attack at least a dozen Wipro clients.

The report said that Wipro was in the process of building a ‘new private email network’ because the intruders were believed to have compromised Wipro’s corporate email system.

ET has sent a mail seeing comment to Wipro and will update this story when we receive a response. Wipro is due to report its fourth-quarter earnings today.

IT and business process management companies have flagged risks related to hackers. Last April, BPM company [24]7.ai said it discovered a hack that affected its clients such as Sears and Delta Airlines.